Walmart shooting suspect was disgruntled employee, law enforcement source says

The suspected shooter successful Tuesday night's massacre astatine a Virginia Walmart was a disgruntled employee, a elder instrumentality enforcement authoritative told NBC News.

At slightest 7 people, including the suspect, were killed astatine the Walmart Supercenter successful Chesapeake, Virginia, arsenic radical were buying for last-minute Thanksgiving items. The shooting besides came days earlier Black Friday, erstwhile shoppers traditionally caput to retailers specified arsenic Walmart to bargain vacation gifts astatine bargain prices.

CNBC has reached retired to Walmart for a remark connected the shooting and the investigation, arsenic good arsenic astir immoderate information concerns up of Black Friday.

Walmart, successful a Twitter station aboriginal Wednesday morning, said it was "shocked" implicit the shooting. "We're praying for those impacted, the assemblage and our associates," the institution said. "We're moving intimately with instrumentality enforcement, and we are focused connected supporting our associates."

In June, Walmart said it added a people to its store manager grooming programme that focuses connected spotting employees and customers who whitethorn request an involution for intelligence wellness issues.

A section infirmary was treating different victims, NBC News reported. It wasn't instantly wide however the shooter died.

The Walmart massacre came days aft a deadly wide shooting astatine an LGBTQ nightclub successful Colorado Springs, Colorado, successful which 5 radical were killed.