SWAT team kills suspect who took hostages at Amarillo, Texas Walmart, investigators say

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SWAT team kills suspect who took hostages at Amarillo, Texas Walmart, investigators say

June 14th, 2016

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A SWAT team shot and killed a suspect who took hostages at a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday afternoon, investigators confirmed.

The Randall County Sheriff’s Office announced the gunman was dead. City officials first reported an “active shooter incident” at 12:30 p.m. local time.

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We do consider this a work-place violence situation at this point,” the sheriff’s office said. One store employee told KFDA the gunman earlier released a worker and the store manager but was still inside the Walmart.

Witnesses told KVII an employee took another employee hostage.

Jeff Nunn, the president of a nearby bank, told the Amarillo Globe-News that helicopters and roughly 20 police and emergency vehicles rushed to the store. His bank and a day care center reportedly went on lockdown.