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At least 5 shot inside Philadelphia-area Walmart, suspect in custody, investigators sayElizabeth ZwirzA shooting at a Walmart in Pennsylvania wounded at least five people Tuesday evening, police said.A shooting at a Walmart north of Philadelphia wounded at least five people including a customer Tuesday evening before the shooter apparently escaped from the store -- and crashed a getaway car into a police SUV, reports said.Police took the 30-year-old suspect, who has not been named publicly, into custody after workers at the Walmart in Cheltenham Township identified him, Fox 29 News Philadelphia reported. A woman was also reportedly apprehended.The incident initially erupted as a disagreement at the register, during which a man took a firearm from a woman and opened fire, police told the outlet.Continued at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/14/at-least-5-shot-inside-philadelphia-area-walmart-suspect-in-custody-investigators-say.html
... “It seems there was some sort of altercation at the cash register. Words were exchanged. A male pulled the gun from the female’s waistband and started shooting,†said police during a press conference on Tuesday night.Police say the altercation involved two customers in separate lines.Police say four people were shot during the altercation inside the store, including one person who suffered a graze wound. A pregnant woman was also injured when she fell as shots rang out in the business. All victims sustained non-life threatening injuries. ...Authorities say a black male and a black female were both arrested in connection with the shooting. According to city police, the suspects fled in a light-colored Pontiac Grand Prix, tossed a gun out of the car and later crashed into an officer’s vehicle. ...
Police say Keenan Jones, 30, fired at least 10 shots, some indiscriminately, as shoppers ran for cover during the fracas in the Philadelphia suburbs.Mr Jones has previous convictions that bar him from possessing a gun, reports WPVI-TV.
