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| Amarillo: SWAT team shoot and kill armed suspect who took hostage in a Wal-Mart | |
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| Police have shot and killed an armed suspect after responding to an active shooter and hostage situation at a Wal-Mart retail location in Amarillo, Texas. | |
| "The suspect has been shot by [Amarillo Police Department] SWAT and has died. Hostages inside are safe," the Randall County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. | |
| Police earlier described the situation as a "work-place violence type event" in a statement. | |
| The Randall County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that at least one hostage had been taken by the suspect. While shots were reported, there are still no confirmed injuries. | |
| State and local agencies are on the scene, including SWAT and Department of Public Safety personnel. | |
| Reports of the shooting come days after the US experienced its worse mass shooting in history, after a gunman opened fire inside of the Pulse LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning, killing 49 people and wounding 53. |