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Three patients from the shooting being treated at a nearby
trauma center, a hospital spokesperson said.
Beavercreek police said they responded to the shooting and that
there was no was longer any threat to the public. Beavercreek is
a city of about 46,000 people just east of Dayton.
The building was cleared and secured and "there is no active
threat at this time," police said on the social media platform
X, without releasing any details about possible casualties.
Pictures of the scene showed a phalanx of police cars with their
lights flashing had converged on the store.
"I was literally just shopping for Thanksgiving stuff and this
guy walked right past me with an assault rifle and started
shooting," one woman said in a video posted on social media,
adding she could not determine whether anyone was wounded or
killed.
"I ran ... He shot like 10 times ... I'm so lucky to be alive,"
she said tearfully.
Another witness on social media described the shooter as a
"tall, young white guy" carrying an Army bag.
"My nerves are shot right now," she said.
WHIO and the Dayton Daily News quoted witnesses with similar
accounts.
Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek received three patients, said
Catherine Morris, a spokesperson for parent company Kettering
Health.
Walmart directed all queries to law enforcement.
"We're heartbroken by what's happened at our Beavercreek, Ohio
store. This remains a developing situation, and we're working
closely with investigators on the scene," the retail giant said
in a statement.
Police said they would release more information when it became
available.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
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