Friday, October 29, 2010

3 Shot At Reno Wal-Mart

In Reno NV, a gunman has shot 3 people in a Wal-Mart store and the gunman is still inside the store. from the Reno Gazette Journal: "A gunman was holed up Friday at a Walmart in Reno after he allegedly shot three employees who have been hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
About 100 people in the store were safely evacuated, police said.
The lone gunman entered the store about 8:30 a.m. and started shooting in the direction of an employee or employees, Reno Deputy Police Chief Mike Whan said.
“To our knowledge, he’s the only one in the store,” Whan told The Associated Press. “We don’t know anything about the gunman yet or his motives.”
The three injured employees were being treated at a hospital.
Police believe the gunman was in a back room. Whan said they were trying to contact him, but there was no dialogue so far."

http://www.rgj.com/article/20101029/NEWS01/101029010
This is a dangerous situation for the cops. Having worked at a Wal-Mart here in Las Vegas, there are many hiding places this guy could be in, if in fact, he is still in the store. What is in the favor of the cops is that the security office which has all the monitoring screens of the store's cameras is in front of the building and the cops have access to this room. Another good thing for the cops is that Wal-Mart has a tremendous amount of security cameras, including in the back rooms, so they probably can see him, even if he is in the warehouse area. The only areas they don't have cameras are in the offices and the breakroom.
Hopefully, all the employees will be ok and the thug will be captured without any police officers being hurt.

Update: Apparently, the shooter is a Wal-Mart employee.

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