1 dead, 3 injured at a Walmart in Ohio after a shooter opens fire with an assault rifle

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At least one person was killed and three people were injured in a shooting at an Ohio Walmart on Monday, WHIO television reported, citing its reporters on the scene and a hospital spokesperson...

Police in Beavercreek, Ohio, said they responded to the shooting and that there was no was longer any threat to the public..

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...

Witnesses on social media said the shooter opened fire with an assault rifle...

I was literally just shopping for Thanksgiving stuff and this guy walked right past me with an assault rifle and started shooting, one woman said in a video posted on social media, adding she could not determine whether anyone was wounded or killed...

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