Quote:Three killed in shooting at Colorado Walmart store.

'Customers report hearing ricocheting bullets and screaming after the gunman opened fire inside the store.

Three people have been killed following a shooting at a Walmart store in suburban Denver, according to police.
Two men died after a gunman opened fire inside the store in Thornton, Colorado, on Wednesday night.
A woman was also injured, but died later in hospital, according to Thornton Police Department.



On its Twitter account, the force said: "Detectives currently reviewing security footage & witnesses being interviewed
for assistance with suspect(s)." No one has been taken into custody, police said.

An hour after the initial alert was raised, officers said that the threat of gunfire had ended at the store.
Images showed police and fire crews surrounding the supermarket.
Officer Victor Avila said police were called at around 6.30pm local time and the gunshots had ended by the time
emergency services arrived at the scene.

Aaron Stephens, 44, a customer at the store, said he was paying for groceries when he heard gunshots and
the sound of ricocheting bullets. "The employees started screaming and the customers started screaming.
I ran out, too, because I didn't want to get shot," he said...'

Quote:'Thornton, Colo. — A man nonchalantly walked into a Walmart and immediately opened fire with a handgun,
killing two men and a woman before fleeing in a car on Wednesday night, according to Colorado authorities.

The shooting appears random and there are no indications that it was an act of terror, Thornton police spokesman 
Victor Avila said. The gunman remained on the run early Thursday.
"This is a very heinous act," Avila said. "We don't know exactly what the motive of the person was, but it was certainly
a terrible act."

Two men died inside the Walmart, which is about 10 miles north of Denver in a busy shopping center.
The woman died later at a hospital.
Authorities did not immediately release any other information about the victims.


Person of interest.

Aaron Stephens, 44, was in the self-checkout line when he heard a single shot followed by two more bursts of
gunfire before people started running for the exits.

"The employees started screaming. Customers were screaming. They were running like crazy, and I ran out too
because I didn't want to get killed," he said.
Guadalupe Perez was inside the store with her young son when she heard what she thought was a balloon popping.
A Walmart employee told her someone was shooting, and then Perez saw people running away yelling, "Let's go.
Let's go. Leave the groceries."

Investigators, including special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were reviewing
security video and interviewing witnesses to identify the suspect. Avila said police don't yet know how many rounds
were fired...'