Active shooter, possible hostages at Amarillo, Texas Walmart
Active shooter, possible hostages at Amarillo, Texas Walmart
Published June 14, 2016 FoxNews.com
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DEVELOPING: Police rushed to a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday on reports that shots were fired and a gunman may have taken at least one hostage.
City officials described it as an "active shooter incident" in a tweet. Witnesses told KVII an employee took another employee hostage.
Police were looking for a Somali man wearing khaki pants, KFDA added. Officers reportedly were evacuating shoppers from the west side of the store.
There were no initial reports of deaths or injuries.
Jeff Nunn, the president of a nearby bank, told the Amarillo Globe-News that helicopters and roughly 20 police and emergency vehicles rushed to the store. His bank and a day care center reportedly went on lockdown.
Police closed off at least one nearby road off I-27.
"Please avoid the area so that officers can focus on the scene and not traffic," the Amarillo Police Dept. said in a statement.
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