Walmart Store In Pennsylvania Evacuated Due To Tragedy

A tragic incident occured at Walmart store in Pennsylvania when a robber is shot by the police

Walmart faced a tragedy on Thursday night due to shooting at one of its store in southern York Country, Pennsylvania. The store had to be evacuated and the state police arrived at the scene shortly, shoppers were even asked to stay low.

The giant retailers store faced an armed robbery with a shotgun; the suspect was shot by the police as when he was stealing prescription medications from the store that was already crowded with customers. The police received a call that was made by one of the employees of the Walmart store, who informed that the suspect was even carrying a weapon and stealing from the stores pharmacy. Luckily for the store a trooper was circulating the area when the call was made and went there as quickly as possible to deal with the situation.  

The trooper asked the suspect to drop whatever weapon he was carrying but that did not happen; instead, the robber pointed his gun to the trooper. Both of them fired at one another. Luckily, the shot that the suspect had pulled did not hit the trooper but the wall behind him, while the suspect was shot in the chest. The robber was then taken to the hospital and away from the scene of crime, his condition is not known yet.

This situation at Walmart Wholesale put everyone life in danger at that time including the employees and the customers. The Pennsylvania store will remain closed till Saturday morning for the investigation. All the shoppers were evacuated with the workers, customers were asked how they had felt, and one of them replied that it was frustrating to not know why this was happening.

The call was received at 7:48PM from the store, the robber is now in the hospital and has already been identified by the police, and his identity has not been made public. Even though his condition and health is unknown, he clearly is not dead as he was responding after being shot at the scene. The robber did not just have a gun with him but also a black bag that was wrapping and hiding the weapon.

Walmart Stores Inc. should now be extra conscious in terms of security at its stores worldwide as this is not the first time the company is making the news due to a tragedy at one of its stores. This is essential not just for the safety of its employees but even the customers that come to the stores on a day-to-day basis.