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DEVELOPING: Police rushed to a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday on reports that shots were fired and a gunman may have taken hostages.

City officials described it as an “active shooter incident” in a tweet. Witnesses told KVII an employee took another employee hostage.

Police were looking for a Somali man wearing khaki pants, KFDA added. Officers reportedly were evacuating shoppers from the west side of the store.

There were no initial reports of deaths or injuries.

“Please avoid the area so that officers can focus on the scene and not traffic,” the Amarillo Police Dept. said in a statement.

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**UPDATE**

DEVELOPING: A SWAT team shot a suspect who took hostages at a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday afternoon, according to police who said the suspect was apparently dead and all hostages were safe.

Nearly an hour after city officials reported an “active shooter incident,” police said they had entered the Walmart and there was no “ongoing” shooting.

“We do consider this a work-place violence situation at this point,” the Randall County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News. 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.

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