US shooting: Seven dead after attack in Virginia Walmart - BBC

At slightest 7 radical are dormant aft a gunman opened occurrence astatine a Walmart supermarket successful Chesapeake, successful the US authorities of Virginia, officials say.

A man, believed to beryllium the store manager, opened occurrence past turned the weapon connected himself, and is present dead.

The City of Chesapeake earlier tweeted to corroborate an "active shooter incidental with fatalities".

Multiple others were injured successful the shooting. The attacker's motive remains unclear.

Police told reporters that the onslaught happened astatine 22:12 section clip (03:12 GMT).

Footage appeared online which appeared to amusement an eyewitness - wearing Walmart azygous - describing what happened.

He said helium had near a unit room, which a manager past entered and opened fire.

"Sadly we mislaid a fewer of our associates," the antheral said, clarifying that helium did not cognize however galore of his colleagues were shot.

Police spokesperson Leo Kosinski said the shooting was believed to person happened wrong the store, and that the fishy acted alone.

Walmart said it was "shocked astatine this tragic event" and that it was "working intimately with instrumentality enforcement".

A further update from constabulary successful Chesapeake is expected aboriginal connected Wednesday morning.

A spokesperson for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital was quoted by section tv presumption WAVY-TV saying that 5 radical were being treated there.

One pistillate told WAVY-TV that her brother, a 20-year-old worker of the shop, was changeable conscionable 10 minutes aft signing connected for work.

But she said her sibling was capable to speech to relatives and nonstop texts - saying this was "comforting".

Another pistillate named Joetta Jeffery told CNN that her parent had been wrong the gathering erstwhile the onslaught took place, and had managed to nonstop substance messages.

Ms Jeffrey said her parent was not wounded but was successful shock.

Mark Warner, a Democratic legislator for the authorities of Virginia, tweeted that helium was "sickened by reports of yet different wide shooting".

Virginia authorities Senator L. Louise Lucas, besides a Democrat, added that she was "absolutely heartbroken".

She wrote connected Twitter: "I volition not remainder until we find the solutions to extremity this weapon unit epidemic successful our country."

Tuesday evening's onslaught comes conscionable days aft a gunman opened occurrence astatine a LGBT nightclub successful the US authorities of Colorado, sidesplitting 5 radical and injuring 17 others.

In 2019, a wide shooting astatine a Walmart successful the metropolis of El Paso successful Texas near 23 dead.