The Manila Times

3 dead in Colorado Walmart store shooting – police

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Three people were fatally shot at a Walmart store in Colorado on Wednesday evening, police said, in a country that is struggling with frequent deadly gun violence.

Thornton Police Department said on Twitter, raising an earlier toll after a woman whom it earlier announced was transporte­d from the scene died.

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Last month, a gunman in Las Vegas killed 58 people in the country’s worst mass shooting in recent history.

More than 33,000 gun-related deaths occur annually in the United States, according to a study released this month.

While US politician­s are quick to enact sweeping policies, including military action, in response Police investigat­e the scene of a shooting at a Wal Mart store in the Thorton Town Center shopping plaza on Wednesday ( Thursday in Manila) in Thornton, Colorado. have taken little concrete action to address the far-deadlier epidemic of domestic gun violence.

The inaction is largely due to the - tion gun lobby—and Republican­s who rely on it for funding and other support—categorica­lly rejecting gun control measures.

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