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Two shot dead in Mississippi Walmart: US media
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two people were killed and a police
officer was wounded in a shooting early Tuesday at a Walmart in Mississippi,
US media reported.
DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco told the Commercial Appeal newspaper that
the suspect had been shot and wounded in the incident in the city of
Southaven.
The two people shot dead were believed to be Walmart employees, the
sheriff said, and the suspect had been an employee until Monday.
A Walmart employee told a local television station that the gunman had
worked at the store for 25 years before being fired.
A customer identified as Phil Cox, 70, said he was leaving the store for
his car when he heard gunfire.
“I think the guy was going after employees,” Cox told the Commercial
Appeal.
The sheriff said the suspect and wounded police officer had been taken to
local hospitals.
Southaven is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, which lies just to the north
over the state line.
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