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Reuters

Police in Colorado on Thursday have arrested a man who calmly walked into a Walmart in suburban Denver and opened fire with a handgun, randomly shooting at shoppers and staff, killing three people before fleeing.
The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Scott Ostrem, is accused of “nonchalantly” entering a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado, and opening fire a little after 6pm local time on Wednesday and then walking out. He then got into a red four-door hatchback and drove away, Thornton Police Department spokesman Victor Aliva told reporters, citing witness accounts.


“What we have determined is that it is random as of right now,” Aliva said. “As witnesses stated, the person came in and just shot towards a group.”
Two men died at the scene of the shooting. A wounded woman was taken to a hospital where she died, he said.
Authorities did not immediately release any other information about the victims.

Earlier, police described the gunman as a white man, who was wearing a black jacket, maroon shirt and blue jeans, Aliva said.
There was no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism as no one has claimed responsibility, he said.
“This is a very heinous act,” Avila said. “We don’t know exactly what the motive of the person was, but it was certainly a terrible act … We can’t rule anything out.”
Thornton is city of about 120,000 people roughly 16km northeast of Denver city centre.


Walmart customer Aaron Stephens said he was inside paying for groceries at a self-checkout stand when he heard gunshots and the sound of ricocheting bullets.
“The employees started screaming and the customers started screaming” as people began to flee the shop, he said. “I ran out, too, because I didn’t want to get shot.”
Stephens said he did not see where the shooting was coming from and did not see anyone hit by bullets.

Guadalupe Perez was inside the store with her young son when she heard what she thought was a balloon popping. A Walmart employee told her someone was shooting, and then Perez saw people running away yelling, “Let’s go. Let’s go. Leave the groceries.”
“You see all these things in the news and you go through it, it’s scary,” she said. “But thank God we’re OK and nothing happened to us.”

Avila said police don’t yet know how many rounds were fired.
A video posted on Twitter showed the Walmart, which is in a large shopping complex near US Interstate 25, apparently empty except for police officers with their guns drawn.
Additional reporting by Associated Press


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Suspect arrested after gunman ‘nonchalantly’ opens fire in Colorado Walmart

Police officers outside Walmart in Thorton, Colorado. Photo: AFP

Patrick Carnes is evacuated in a Walmart cart by SWAT medics from the scene of a shooting at a Walmart where Carnes was shopping in Thornton, Colorado November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

People stand across the street from a shooting investigation at a Walmart store, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Thornton, Colo. Several people were killed in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night, forcing customers to either hide in the store or frantically run for the doors. Thornton police advised people to stay away from the area as dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles raced to the scene. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP)

Walmart employees and customers that were inside the store wait to hear what to do from police as they stand behind police tape outside of a Walmart store where several people were killed in a shooting, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Thornton, Colo. Investigators, who have not released any details about the circumstances of the shooting, were reviewing security footage and interviewing witnesses to get a description of the shooter. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

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Suspect Scott Ostrem is accused of entering a Walmart in suburban Denver and opening fire at random


Suspect arrested after gunman ‘nonchalantly’ opens fire in Colorado Walmart

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Suspect Scott Ostrem is accused of entering a Walmart in suburban Denver and opening fire at random