Multiple people are dead and others are wounded after a shooting at a Virgܫinia Walmart on Tu🅰esday night, police said.
"We were able to find mult♑iple fatalities and multip💮le injured parties," Chesapeake Police Department officer Leo Kosinski told reporters at the scene, saying rapid response officers entered the store "immediately" as they arrived.
"We believe it ಌis a single shooter and that single shooter is deceased at this time," he added.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Walmart on Sam’s Circle arou𝕴nd 10:15 p.m. and as soon as they arrived they found evidence of a shooting, Chesapeake police spokesman Leo Kosin🌜ski said in a briefing.
Over 35 to 40 minutes, officers found multiple dead people and injured people in the store and put rescue and tactical teams together to go inside and provide life-saving measures, he sa▨id.
Police believe ther🔴e was one shooter, who is dead, he said.
They believe that the shooting had stopped when police arriv🧸ed, Kosinski said. He did no🌱t have a number of dead, but said it was “less than 10, right now.”
The City of Chesapeake also said on Twitter that police dꦯid "confirm an active shooter incident with fatalities at the Walmart on Sam's Circle.
"Our first responders are well-trained and prepared to respon🌸d; please give them space to do so," it added.
News footage showed a major police presence at the scene, with Kosinski saying several officers and investigators were combing through the store and securing t💝he area.
The exact number of fatalities remained unclear, but CBS affiliate WUSA said police said they believe💎d no more than 10 people we🔯re killed.
(With AP inputs)
