At least one person was killed and three people were injured on Monday in a shooting at a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, WHIO television reported, citing its reporters on the scene, as witnesses told media a man opened fire with an assault rifle.
Three patients from the shooting being treated at a nearby trauma center, a hospital spokesperson said.
Beavercreek police said they responded to the shooting and that there was no longer any threat to the public. Beavercreek is a city of about 46,000 people just east of Dayton.
The building was cleared and secured and “there is no active threat at this time,” police said on the social media platform X, without releasing any details about possible casualties.
Pictures of the scene showed a phalanx of police cars with their lights flashing had converged on the store.
Police said they would release more information when it became available.
