Seven killed in second US mass shooting this week

Seven people were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night.

Police have so far not provided any details about the suspected shooter, but several media outlets have identified him as a manager at the store. Kosinski said the police did not know if the shooter was employed by Walmart.

In an initial update, police had said they believed that fewer than 10 people had been killed.

Police at the time were still looking for victims, who could be injured or were inside the “very large” store with a lot of hiding spots, said public information officer Leo Kosinski.

“We want to make sure everyone is accounted for,” he said.

He added that police believed there was only one shooter, who had been killed.

Police were unclear whether the shooter died of self-inflicted injuries. They believed the shooting happened inside the store, but said one body was found outside.

Kosinski said no shots were fired at police “to his knowledge.”

“I believe that the shooting had stopped when the police arrived.”

The shooting comes just days after a gunman killed five people and injured 17 at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

Both are part of a long string of mass shootings in the United States, amid a battle to tighten restrictions on access to guns.

A news conference in response to the Walmart shootings will be held at 8am local time on Wednesday, the City of Chesapeake tweeted.

“Sickened by reports of yet another mass shooting, this time at a Walmart in Chesapeake. I’ll be monitoring developments closely,” Virginia senator Mark Warner tweeted on Wednesday.