Three people, including a shooter, are dead following a shooting in Duncan, Okla.
OKLAHOMA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman killed two people outside an Oklahoma Walmart store Monday before fatally shooting himself, officials said.
A woman and a man were fatally shot in a car in the parking lot of the store in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City, according to the Duncan Police Department. The suspected shooter, who was outside the car, then turned the gun on himself, police said.
A handgun was found on the scene, Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said during a news conference. He said at least nine shots were fired.
Officers were interviewing witnesses, as investigators worked to find a motive for the shooting.
Ford said the victims and suspect, who have not been identified, had “knowledge of each other.”
The two victims who were found dead in the car visited the Money Center at the Walmart before the shooting, while the suspect did not enter the store.
Duncan is a town of roughly 22,000 people located about 129 kilometres south of Oklahoma City.
The violence comes on the heels of a shooting in Fresno, California, that saw at least four killed as people gathered in a backyard to watch a football game, with at least one shooter still unaccounted for.
California was also hit by a school shooting in Santa Clarita last week in which a 16-year-old boy shot and killed two classmates before turning the gun on himself, and a San Diego shooting on Saturday that saw a man kill his estranged wife and three of their young sons before killing himself.
In August, a man killed 22 people at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and injured 26 others. He is accused of deliberately targeting Mexicans and has pleaded not guilty. — NNN-AGENCIES
