(rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

By Troy Gillard and Sheldon Spackman

BREAKING

Man shot and killed at Red Deer Walmart

Dec 20, 2019 | 10:10 PM

A 69-year-old man is dead after he was shot at the Walmart Superstore in south Red Deer.

Cst. Shelly Nasheim with Alberta RCMP says the man was shot in the entrance to the store at around 6:45 p.m.

He was rushed to hospital with a serious chest injury but later succumbed to the injury.

Nasheim says the shooting was targeted and that two suspect vehicles fled the scene.

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The situation at Walmart is no longer active and the public is no longer at risk, but police will remain on scene well into the night as they continue to investigate.

No one else was injured in the incident, according to RCMP, despite speculation on social media that there had been multiple victims.

A woman who was inside Walmart spoke rdnewsNOW after being let out of the store.

“I didn’t see anything, but a guy, a manager or someone, was coming over the intercom every five minutes letting people know that the store was locked down. Nobody really knew why,” said a woman who was inside Walmart during the incident.

“Then there were some people that tried getting out but then came back in because they said the store was just surrounded by cop cars,” she added.

“People were saying that someone was shot, that there were multiple gunmen, and that we couldn’t leave.”

rdnewsNOW has a reporter at the scene. We have also contacted RCMP and will share more information as soon as it becomes available.