Dayton suburb of Beavercreek last night. The report says the shooter had a rifle but all 4 victims are reported to be in the hospital, no deaths so far, so maybe he didn’t have an assault rifle. Shooter shot himself before police arrived.
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Beavercreek Walmart mass shooting: 4 injured, gunman kills self, police say
A gunman around 8:35 p.m. entered the store at 3360 Pentagon Blvd. and began firing shots, he said.
“He injured four victims, who were all transported to area hospitals for treatment. The conditions of the victims is unknown,” he said.
The shooter died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the captain said.
A CareFlight medical helicopter left around 9:50 p.m. for Miami Valley Hospital, and three other victims were taken to Soin Medical Center - Kettering Health in Beavercreek. The Greene County Coroner’s Office responded just before 10:30 p.m. to the scene.
An employee reported hearing at least two shots but did not see anyone hit.
“I thought it was glass at first. I heard a couple people running and screaming so I darted out and we got to the Burger King parking lot,” the worker said.
One witness described the shooter as a tall young white guy carrying a rifle who reportedly walked by her before he opened fire, she said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, that was recorded outside the store.
Wright State University students Anna Cowley and Kailie Conley said they watched and counted as between 30 and 40 cruisers with lights and sirens pulled up outside Walmart.
“We were grabbing a bite nearby,” Conley said. “We were like ‘What’s going on?’
“The parking lot was flooded (with police cars),” she said. “There was police dogs that were running in, a bunch of cops running in … It was a lot, especially with how many how cops did show up.”
Walmart is a place where Wright State students, including the two young women, shop frequently. Cowley had been at Walmart earlier in the day.
“This is crazy thinking that literally less than five minutes away is where we live and where we stay every day, and that could happen at any time to us. Like they could have went to campus and not a Walmart,” Cowley said.