{"id":16246,"date":"2016-06-14T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=16246"},"modified":"2016-06-14T12:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T17:16:15","slug":"texas-news-active-shooter-and-possible-hostage-situation-in-amarillo-wal-mart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/14\/texas-news-active-shooter-and-possible-hostage-situation-in-amarillo-wal-mart\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas News: Active Shooter and Possible Hostage Situation in Amarillo Wal-Mart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DEVELOPING:\u00a0<\/b>Police rushed to a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday on reports that shots were fired and a gunman may have taken hostages.<\/p>\n

City officials described it as an “active shooter incident” in a tweet.\u00a0Witnesses told KVII<\/a> an employee took another employee hostage.<\/p>\n

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

There were no initial reports of deaths or injuries.<\/p>\n

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

Read the Original Article at Fox News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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DEVELOPING:\u00a0<\/b>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.<\/p>\n

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

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“We do consider this a work-place violence situation at this point,” the Randall County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News. One store employee\u00a0told KFDA<\/a>\u00a0the gunman earlier released a worker and the store manager but was still inside the Walmart.<\/p>\n

Witnesses\u00a0told KVII<\/a>\u00a0an employee took another employee hostage.<\/p>\n

Read the Original Article at Fox News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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