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1.TUMWATER, Wash. -- A shooting outside a Walmart Supercenter in Tumwater Sunday evening was the end result of a crime spree from the now deceased gunman, police said. That gunman was killed by an armed civilian in the Walmart parking lot.
Tumwater Police spokeswoman Laura Wohl said it all happened just before 5:30 p.m. when officers responded to an erratic driver. When officers were en route to that location they received reports of shots fired near Tumwater High School.
Upon arriving, officers found a 16-year-old girl suffering from minor injuries. It also appeared that her car had been stolen.
"As we were speaking to witnesses at that scene, we get another call of shots fired here at Walmart," spokeswoman Wohl said.
Tumwater Police said the suspect tried to carjack two cars in the Walmart parking lot at 5900 Littlerock Rd SW.
One driver was shot when he refused to give up his car, Wohl said. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center.
As the suspect attempted to take a second car a "bystander here in the parking lot shot the suspect," Wohl said.
Police believe the gunman is the suspect in all three incidents. He has not been identified.
Detectives are still investigating if the suspect entered Walmart and it shots were fired inside the store.
Adams said he was inside Walmart when he heard two gunshots. He had hoped the noise was actually helium balloons popping.
"We all frozen and were looking around," Adams said. "Then it was like boom, boom, boom, and it was like those aren't balloons and we started running."
Adams calls the armed civilian a hero.
"He is a hero," Adams said. "He took action. I really think more people could have been shot... he saved us all."
1.TUMWATER, Wash. -- A shooting outside a Walmart Supercenter in Tumwater Sunday evening was the end result of a crime spree from the now deceased gunman, police said. That gunman was killed by an armed civilian in the Walmart parking lot.
Tumwater Police spokeswoman Laura Wohl said it all happened just before 5:30 p.m. when officers responded to an erratic driver. When officers were en route to that location they received reports of shots fired near Tumwater High School.
Upon arriving, officers found a 16-year-old girl suffering from minor injuries. It also appeared that her car had been stolen.
"As we were speaking to witnesses at that scene, we get another call of shots fired here at Walmart," spokeswoman Wohl said.
Tumwater Police said the suspect tried to carjack two cars in the Walmart parking lot at 5900 Littlerock Rd SW.
One driver was shot when he refused to give up his car, Wohl said. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center.
As the suspect attempted to take a second car a "bystander here in the parking lot shot the suspect," Wohl said.
Police believe the gunman is the suspect in all three incidents. He has not been identified.
Detectives are still investigating if the suspect entered Walmart and it shots were fired inside the store.
Adams said he was inside Walmart when he heard two gunshots. He had hoped the noise was actually helium balloons popping.
"We all frozen and were looking around," Adams said. "Then it was like boom, boom, boom, and it was like those aren't balloons and we started running."
Adams calls the armed civilian a hero.
"He is a hero," Adams said. "He took action. I really think more people could have been shot... he saved us all."
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