UPDATE: Second victim killed in Walmart shooting named
UPDATE:
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi coroner has identified the second person killed in a shooting at a Mississippi Walmart.
DeSoto County Coroner Joshua Pounders says 38-year-old Anthony Brown of Olive Branch died of an apparent gunshot wound Tuesday at the store in Southaven. The city is a suburb of Memphis.
Employees say Brown was a store manager who was shot inside the store.
Family members earlier said Walmart employee Brandon Gales of Hernando was also shot and killed.
Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore says the suspect shot an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest before a second officer shot the suspect twice. The unnamed suspect was taken for surgery at a Memphis hospital. No charges have yet been announced.
Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite says the suspect is a disgruntled Walmart employee.
Earlier story:
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A brother is identifying one of two people killed in a shooting Tuesday at a Mississippi Walmart.
Nicholas Gales tells The Associated Press that his brother Brandon Gales was shot and killed Tuesday at the store in Southaven, a suburb of Memphis.
Employees say Gales was shot in a parking lot outside the store, while a second employee was shot inside the store. Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore says the suspect shot an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest before a second officer shot the suspect twice. The unnamed suspect is in surgery at a Memphis hospital.
Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite says the suspect is a disgruntled Walmart employee.
Travis Jones, a stocker at the store, says Gales was a close friend, calling him an “all-around good guy.” He says he and Gales grew up together in nearby Hernando and that Gales had four children.
Jones said he also saw the body of a store manager on the floor as he ran from the store.
Earlier story:
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis.
WREG-TV reports both of the people who died Tuesday morning were Walmart employees. WHBQ-TV reports one person was found dead in the store and another found dead in the parking lot.
The suspect was taken to a Memphis hospital. His condition wasn’t reported.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto tells WATN-TV the officer was hit in his bulletproof vest and not seriously injured.
The Walmart is in a shopping complex in Southaven, just south of Memphis. A massive police presence surrounded the store Tuesday morning.
Walmart employees joined a prayer circle outside. The company didn’t immediately respond to phone calls and information requests.
