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Multiple people down in shooting at Colorado Walmart: police

Multiple people down in shooting at Colorado Walmart: police (clone 37710046)

Multiple people have been shot at a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado, local police say.

Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not release any information about any of the victims and it was not clear if an assailant had been taken into custody. Thornton is about 16 km north east of Denver.

"We've got multiple parties down, we're still trying to ascertain what their conditions are," Officer Victor Avila of the Thornton Police Department told Reuters.

The store had been "self-evacuated" by customers and employees who fled following the gunfire, Avila said.

Reports of shots fired came shortly before 6:30 pm Mountain Time, a police spokesman told local 9 News in Denver.

Around 300 people were in the store at the time, News Corp reports.

One witness, who was inside the store, told local TV he first thought the sound of gunfire was a firecracker or a car backfiring.

“It was when I heard the staff screaming that I knew I had to get the heck out of there,” he said.

Local television images showed a number of police cars and ambulances surrounding the store, lights flashing.