Virginia Walmart mass shooting: Store to close for the 'foreseeable future'

Six people were injured and hospitalized after Tuesday night’s Walmart mass shooting, officials said, including one victim in critical condition.

Three of the six victims killed in the shooting died at hospitals and the other three were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

Two victims were found dead in the store’s break room, where the shooter’s body was found, officials said. Another victim’s body was found toward the front of the store.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin called the mass shooting "a horrendous, senseless act of violence."

“Our hearts are just completely broken this morning," he told reporters Wednesday.

“Our job is to support families who are facing the unthinkable today: families who have lost a loved one or have a loved one who is injured,” he said.

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Virginia governor reacts to Chesapeake Walmart shooting

"Our job today is to come around them and support them," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said of the victims' families.

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President Joe Biden said in a statement, “Because of yet another horrific and senseless act of violence, there are now even more tables across the country that will have empty seats this Thanksgiving. There are now more families who know the worst kind of loss and pain imaginable.”

“We are grateful to the first responders who mobilized to assist victims, and I have directed federal officials to provide any support and assistance needed to the people of Chesapeake,” he said.

Biden noted that this shooting comes just days after another mass shooting in Virginia, at the University of Virginia.

He said the nation “must take greater action” when it comes to gun-reform laws.

We “mourn for all those across America who have lost loved ones to these tragic shootings that we must come together as a nation to stand against,” Biden said.

Walmart employee Kevin Harper told ABC News he arrived to work early Tuesday night. He was sitting in the break room when he said something didn’t feel right -- so he left.

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Walmart employee on mass shooting: ‘I feel lost’

Kevin Harper said he heard around three or four muffled gunshots and ran into a clothes hanger to hide.

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Moments later, Harper said he heard around three or four muffled gunshots and he ran into a clothes hanger to hide.

“I couldn’t tell you how long I hid in there. Time just stopped at that moment,” he said.

He said he then ran as fast as he could out of the employee entrance. On his way out, he said he saw two people on the floor, including one woman covered in blood.

“I’m just praying for my Walmart family,” Harper said.

-ABC News’ Ike Ejiochi