This still image provided by WATN-TV shows police and emergency personnel responding to a shooting at a Walmart in Southaven, Miss., on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said that one person was killed and the suspect was shot. The shooting prompted a sizeable law enforcement response, with officers setting up a perimeter and entering the Walmart Supercenter. (Photo: WATN-TV /AP)
Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee.
WREG-TV reports both of the people who died Tuesday morning were Walmart employees. WHBQ-TV reports one person was found dead in the store and another found dead in the parking lot.
The suspect was taken to a Memphis hospital. His condition wasn't reported.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto tells WATN-TV the officer was hit in his bulletproof vest and not seriously injured.
The Walmart is in a shopping complex in Southaven, just south of Memphis. A massive police presence surrounded the store Tuesday morning.
Walmart employees joined a prayer circle outside. The company didn't immediately respond to phone calls and information requests. (AP)
Police officers stand outside a Walmart store, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Southaven, Miss. Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at the Walmart in the northern Mississippi city town, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo: Adrian Sainz/AP)
Medical staff stage outside a Walmart store, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Southaven, Miss. Officials say at least two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at the Walmart in the northern Mississippi city town, a suburb of Memphis, Tenn. (Photo: Adrian Sainz/AP)
Sheriff Deputies walk through the parking lot after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. A gunman fatally shot two people and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at the Walmart in northern Mississippi, authorities said. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
A Walmart employee receives medical attention after a shooting at the store, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Southaven, Miss. A gunman fatally shot two people and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at the Walmart in northern Mississippi, authorities said. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Employees gather in a nearby parking lot after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
People console one another after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Officers and employees gather in a nearby parking lot after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Employees gather in a nearby parking lot after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Officers stand at the scene of a shooting inside a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Paramedics offer medical attention after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
Police and employees gather in a nearby parking lot after a shooting at a Walmart store Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Brandon Dill/AP)
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