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Both officers
were taken to a hospital where they were initially listed in
stable condition and where doctors performed surgery on one,
said Detective Seth Tyler of the Chandler Police Department.
Walmart had previously reported the suspect as a trespasser and
called police again early Saturday morning, Tyler said.
The officers likely would have arrested the man but he opened
fire from just inside the store as soon as the officers arrived,
he said.
The officers shot and killed the suspect, who was pronounced
dead at the scene, Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan said at a
news conference.
Later on Saturday, Duggan said on Twitter one officer was
released from the hospital and the other remained in the
intensive care unit.
Tyler identified the shooter as Mitchell Oakley, 24, and said he
was a transient with ties to the Chandler area.
Police declined to immediately release the identities of the
officers.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Diane Craft and Bill
Trott)
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