A woman who held a Mississippi Walmart employee hostage at gunpoint, has been gunned down by the Police who raced to the scene on getting the report of the hostage incident.
According to the report by TMZ, the nightmare situation played out Wednesday night at a Walmart in Richland, Mississippi, as video from inside the store shows a woman holding a gun in one hand and grabbing hold of a Walmart employee with the other.
In the video shared, the Mississippi Walmart employee looks terrified as she’s ordered around the store by the woman with the gun.
Police say they responded to a report of a hostage situation and an officer ended up shooting and killing the suspect. Police say no one else was hurt in the incident, and now the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is on the case.
It’s unclear why the woman took a Walmart employee hostage, but Police say they were told the suspect walked into the store with a gun and demanded news crews show up.
People who were there told local TV news station WAPT they were ordered outside the busy Walmart before hearing gunshots.