FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — Officials say a gunman is dead and two police officers are injured following a shooting at a Walmart in eastern Arkansas.
The shooting took place Monday morning in Forrest City, about 45 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee.
Forrest City Police Chief Deon Lee says one of the officers was taken to a hospital in Memphis where he was in surgery but that the initial prognosis is “he’s going to be OK.”
Forrest City Mayor Cedric Williams says no one else was hurt due to the officers’ heroism.
A Walmart spokesman says the company is working with the Forrest City Police Department in its investigation.
Walmart is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — Police say at least three people have been shot at a Walmart in eastern Arkansas.
The shooting was reported Monday morning in Forrest City, about 85 miles east of Little Rock.
Forrest City Police dispatcher Chastity Boyd tells The Associated Press that three people have been shot inside the Walmart, but she didn’t have information about the extent of their injuries.
She says she doesn’t know whether a suspect has been detained.
Authorities are working to secure the scene.
