Two people are dead and a police officer injured following a shooting in Southhaven, Mississippi, Walmart early Tuesday morning.
News Channel 3 reports a former Walmart employee allegedly shot two current employees before being engaged and shot by the police officer.
The officer was shot while engaging the subject, but the bullet hit his protective vest and he is expected to survive.
The suspect was shot twice.
Walmart workers gathered to pray as police worked to secure the business:
CNN reports “the motive for the shooting is not clear.” LocalMemphis.com reports the former employee who allegedly opened fire “worked at the store for 25 years before recently being fired.”
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