Virginia Walmart mass shooting: Store to close for the 'foreseeable future'
Employees will continue to be paid, the company said.
A Virginia community is reeling after a man armed with a handgun shot and killed six people and injured several others in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake.
Survivors said the gunman walked into a break room and opened fire on Nov. 22.
The suspect, a current employee, died at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Two victims remain in the hospital and two have been released, Walmart said Tuesday.
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Suspect was an employee, police say
The suspect in Tuesday night's mass shooting at the Walmart on Sam's Circle in Chesapeake is believed to be a current employee and appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Chesapeake Police Chief Mark Solesky.
"We have reason to believe that there's no risk to the public at this time," Soleksy said during a press conference on Wednesday morning. "We cannot tell you the identity of the shooter because his next of kin has not been notified."
Police received the initial 911 call at 10:12 p.m. local time. Officers responded to the scene within two minutes and entered the store at 10:16 p.m. local time, where they found the deceased suspect and multiple victims. A pistol was recovered and the scene was declared safe by 11:20 p.m. local time, according to Soleksy, who described the shooting as "senseless violence."
"This investigation is still ongoing, so there's no clear motive at this time," he told reporters. "We'll be processing that scene for days."
Employee recounts hiding during shooting
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.
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