(CBS) Southaven, Miss. -- 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. CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports both of the people who died Tuesday morning were Walmart employees.
A Southaven police officer and the alleged shooter, a former Walmart employee, were both injured, WREG reported. The station reported that the former employee was suspended on Monday after pulling a knife on a customer.
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.
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