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CA-Two dead, four injured in Walmart distribution center shooting

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"AR-type weapon" whatever tf that means(and it means whatever tf they want nowadays) can't believe it happened with all of Cali's laws and stuff



Two people were killed and at least four others were wounded Saturday after a gunman drove his SUV into a Northern California Walmart distribution center before opening fire on workers during a shift change.

A gunman carrying an “AR-type weapon” was reportedly shot by police after ramming his vehicle into the facility where employees clock in. After the vehicle caught fire, the man began shooting at workers, according to multiple witness reports.

In addition to the two fatalities, four people who were struck are receiving care at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. They are in fair condition, spokeswoman Allison Hendrickson told The Sacramento Bee.


The incident began just after 3 p.m. south of Red Bluff, 120 miles north of Sacramento. Witnesses told The Red Bluff Daily News one of the victims was a woman who was shot as she tried to flee the building. There was also a fire at the facility.

A man had also reported to dispatchers that his leg was run over when the shooter rammed a vehicle into the facility, but the man wasn’t sure whether he’d been shot, according to the Record Searchlight in Redding.

The ordeal was over in less than 45 minutes after officers shot the suspect in the upper chest just before 3:45 p.m., according to radio communications. It was unknown if the alleged gunman had survived his wounds, but he was described to a Corning Observer reporter as a “white man with black hair, wearing a green and gray T-shirt and black shorts.”

“There was an active shooter, he was shot, last I heard he was on his way to the hospital,” Red Bluff City Manager Rick Crabtree told Chico television station KRCR.

A spokeswoman from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office was not immediately available, according to dispatchers, who could not provide additional information.

Police continued to work the scene and had cleared the building of further threats just after 5:30 p.m.

An employee at the facility told the Record Searchlight that he heard shooting from a semi-automatic weapon.

“It went on and on — I don’t even know how many times he fired,” Scott Thammakhanty told the newspaper. “I just know it was a lot.”

Another employee, Franklin Lister, 51, told The New York Times he had just started work when a coworker ran down the hallway shouting: “Active gunfire! Active shooter!”

Lister told the newspaper he had seen blood dripping from his colleague’s arm.

The shooter smashed a vehicle into the distribution center, officers said in a 3:08 p.m. call to dispatch. Police said the suspect’s vehicle, described as a Suburban or other large SUV was “wedged into the front of the building,” according to dispatch logs.

Employees at the center told Action News Now, the CBS affiliate in Chico, that a shooting had taken place with about 200 workers inside the facility, some of whom locked themselves in a room.
 
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A worker was killed and four others were wounded Saturday after a gunman drove his SUV into a Northern California Walmart distribution center and used an assault rifle to fire upon workers during a shift change.

Two Red Bluff police officers opened fire on the suspect, who was carrying an “AR-type weapon” and had fired multiple shots at the officers, authorities said. The Tehama County Sheriff’s Office announced several hours after the afternoon attack that the shooter died at a hospital.

During a news conference outside the warehouse, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters a motive for the attack had not been determined. He identified the shooter only as a 31-year-old white male with a history at the distribution center, which lies on the outskirts of Red Bluff, about 120 miles north of Sacramento.


“We understand that he has a prior history with Walmart distribution center as an employee,” Johnston said. “But that was not recent — it’s been a while, it’s been a year and a half.”

The victim, who was a warehouse employee, was identified as Martin Haro-Lozano, 45, of Orland. Authorities do not know if he had a relationship with the gunman.

At least four workers who were injured were receiving care at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. They were in fair condition, spokeswoman Allison Hendrickson told The Sacramento Bee. Witnesses told the Red Bluff Daily News one of the victims was a woman who was shot as she tried to flee the building.


Johnston told reporters that as many as six people were transported to the hospital, including a man who had been struck by the attacker’s vehicle, a white Dodge Journey, and that several people had sought treatment for the “traumatic” event.

The warehouse, ringed with tractor-trailers and loading docks on the 10800 block of Highway 99 West, had about 200 workers inside at the time, witnesses said, some of whom were clocking in for the second shift.

The suspect began his attack at 3:31 p.m. after ramming his vehicle into lobby of the 1.1-million-square-foot facility. After the vehicle caught fire, the man began shooting at workers with a “semiautomatic rifle with a multiround clip,” Johnston said.

From there, the gunman entered the building and began indiscriminately shooting at employees, Johnston said. Workers scattered from the lobby area into the facility, locked themselves in rooms, while others fled to the back of the warehouse as well as the parking lot.

Red Bluff police — two officers and one sergeant — were the first to make it to the shipping hub’s employee lot five minutes into the attack where they said they encountered the suspect firing rounds in battle between cars.


“The exchange of gunfire between the Red Bluff police officers and the shooter was multiple rounds,” Johnston said. Authorities were still trying to determine how many bullets were fired. “What I saw, (was) an estimated 20 to 30 rounds exchanged,” he added. Witnesses said more than 50 rounds were fired by the gunman inside the facility.

Scott Thammakhanty, saw people lying on the ground as he and colleagues ran from the gunfire. He told the Record Searchlight that the gunfire “went on and on — I don’t even know how many times he fired. I just know it was a lot.”

The officers who fired on the suspect will be placed on paid administrative leave, standard protocol in officer-involved shootings, Red Bluff police said. The Tehama County District Attorney will review the officers’ role in the shooting while the Sheriff’s Office will lead the incident’s investigation.

In addition to Tehama deputies and Red Bluff officers, a state Department of Justice forensic team and an investigation team from the California Highway Patrol continued to process the scene into the night.


A Walmart spokesman told national media outlets that the company was deeply saddened by the incident.

“Our focus is on supporting our associates, as well as their families and co-workers in the facility,” he told the New York Times. “This is an active police investigation and we will continue to work with Tehama County Sheriff’s Office and assist in their investigation in any way possible.”

Investigators said late Saturday that the attack was not related to a shooting 30 miles to the northeast in Shingletown, where three people were killed hours earlier.
 
When Walmart is the only place open, Walmart is where you have to send the wind up toys. Chinkiepox and race riots aren't getting the traction they want so they are going back to the classics.
 
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