#BREAKING: Police have identified the suspect who opened fire at a Walmart store in Amarillo this afternoon as Mohammad Moghaddam, 54.
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) –
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has detained six people in connection with a late Tuesday afternoon shooting at the Walmart on Garners Ferry Road.
Muslim Mohammad Moghaddam Takes Hostages at Amarillo Walmart – Is Shot Dead by Police
Police have identified the suspect who opened fire at a Walmart store in Amarillo this afternoon as Mohammad Moghaddam, 54.
Police say Mohammad was upset he was passed over for a promotion so he took his manager and another person hostage.
He was shot dead by police.
ABC News reported:
Amarillo police say the armed man who took two people hostage inside a local Wal-Mart was a store employee who had a work-related dispute with the manager and that there was no reason to believe the incident had any ties to terrorism.
Police Sgt. Brent Barbee says the suspect, 54-year-old Mohammad Moghaddam, took his manager and another person hostage over a dispute related to a promotion. Barbee says Moghaddam was a current employee at the Wal-Mart store.
Police say officers responded to the incident around 11 a.m. Authorities say a police SWAT crew entered the area of the store where the hostages were located around 12:20 p.m. and fatally shot Moghaddam.
Barbee says Moghaddam was armed with a handgun.
According to the Columbia Police Department, one man was shot in the parking lot of the department store. The victim was taken to a local hospital. No word on his condition.
RELATED: See photos from the scene of the shooting.
The sheriff’s department says six people — including an undetermined amount of juveniles — were stopped in a car on Decker Boulevard shortly before 7 p.m. that matched the description of a vehicle being sought in connection with the shooting.
One witness, a Supercuts employee by the name of Charlene, said she believes she heard the shots.
“It makes it seem so crazy because just a few days ago the shooting in Orlando happened,” Charlene said. “It shows you how small this world is and how we’re not different from anybody. You have to be aware of your surroundings so you won’t be next.”
No word of any charges yet.
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