Hobart Walmart shooting: Supermarket gunmen altercation leads to 12 gunshots fired off in parking lot say shopping mall customers.
Social media is awash in reports of a shooting at a Hobart, Indiana shopping mall believed to adjacent or inside Walmart.
Witnesses told ABC7 that an argument started in the parking lot in the moments before the shooting broke out.
Initial tweets told of up 12 shots being fired circa 8pm at the suburban shopping mall with police seeking the whereabouts of the suspect, who remains at large.
Unconfirmed reports described a gunman entering with an assault rifle and beginning to fire.
Locals reported multiple ambulances speeding past their homes, while other eyewitness told of hearing gunshots and taking cover.
Some said they saw blood spread across the floor.
‘I was laying on the ground and I could hear the victim who had been shot,’ one witness said.
Local reports told of at least two victims being hit, including a child. Both were hospitalized.
The Hobart Fire Department tweeted they had responded to a ‘serious incident’ but would not provide further information.
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Police are looking for this man who is a person of interest in a shooting Sunday night at Walmart in Hobart, Indiana. Two people were injured. If you have info contact Hobart Police at 219-942-3406 or 219-942-1125. pic.twitter.com/cpEufU6FF7
— Michael Puente (@MikePuenteNews) October 1, 2018
BREAKING UPDATE: We have footage directly from the scene of a possible shooting at the Walmart in Hobart. We’ll update you when we know more information.
(Video: Michael Puente of WBEZ) pic.twitter.com/lJ2CFVKiu4
— WSBT (@WSBT) October 1, 2018
BREAKING: Police on the scene of a reported shooting at Wal-Mart in Hobart, Indiana. Ambulances & fire trucks on scene. People being escorted out shaken up and in tears. pic.twitter.com/KU6QAr50l2
— Michael Puente (@MikePuenteNews) October 1, 2018
This was the Hobart mayor’s response to reports of a multi-victim shooting at a Walmart. When I called his home get information, a woman who answered thought it was too late for the call … pic.twitter.com/21r1SAk4cD
— Elyssa Cherney (@ElyssaCherney) October 1, 2018
Over 20 shots were fired at Walmart in Merrillville/Hobart, IN and a baby was killed – I can’t even process it. I hate living in such a fucked up world. This world is so evil.
— — Monica ♥️ De Luca (@_MonicaDeLuca) October 1, 2018
Account from customer who was Inside Wal-Mart in Hobart, Indiana following a shooting tonight. pic.twitter.com/SEPIdb2VDg
— Michael Puente (@MikePuenteNews) October 1, 2018
