At least 6 dead in shooting carried out by disgruntled worker at Walmart in Virginia, law enforcement says - NBC News

Kosinski told reporters helium didn’t cognize however the shooter died. He said helium didn’t judge the gunman was changeable by police.

The FBI said successful a connection it was providing assistance to the Chesapeake Police Department. The national Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives successful Washington said it was besides responding to the shooting.

A idiosyncratic claiming to person survived the shooting said successful a Facebook unrecorded video sharing footage of the aftermath that they had been successful the Walmart’s bakery conception erstwhile they heard shots ringing out.

At first, they said the shots sounded similar “fireworks.”

“People gone bro,” they accidental successful the video. “In the aisle. Just walked retired that aisle, bro.” NBC News has contacted the poster of the video for remark and has not yet been capable to verify their account.

"Our hearts interruption with the assemblage of Chesapeake this morning," Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said successful a tweet Wednesday morning. "I stay successful interaction with instrumentality enforcement officials passim this greeting and person made disposable immoderate resources arsenic this probe moves forward. Heinous acts of unit person nary spot successful our communities."

“I americium devastated by the senseless enactment of unit that took spot precocious past nighttime successful our City,” Chesapeake Mayor Rick West said successful a statement Wednesday morning. “My prayers are with each those affected — the victims, their family, their friends, and their coworkers,” helium said, thanking archetypal responders for their “quick actions.”

“Chesapeake is simply a tightknit assemblage and we are each shaken by this news. Together, we volition enactment each different passim this time. Please support america successful your prayers,” West said.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., tweeted: “Sickened by reports of yet different wide shooting, this clip astatine a Walmart successful Chesapeake. I’ll beryllium monitoring developments closely.”

A reunification tract was acceptable up astatine the Chesapeake Conference Center for contiguous household members oregon exigency contacts, the metropolis said.

“It’s sad. We’re a mates days earlier the Thanksgiving holiday,” Kosinski said, adding, “It’s conscionable a atrocious clip each around, conscionable for everybody progressive — particularly the victims. This is horrible.”

Walmart said that its thoughts were with everyone affected, and that it was afloat cooperating with instrumentality enforcement and supporting its employees.

“We are shocked astatine this tragic lawsuit astatine our Chesapeake, Virginia store,” a institution spokesperson said successful a statement. “We’re praying for those impacted, the assemblage and our associates.”

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