3 Killed in Colorado Walmart Shooting

UPDATE: POLICE SAY THEY'VE ARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED OF WALKING INTO A SUBURBAN DENVER WALMART AND IMMEDIATELY OPENING FIRE WITH A HANDGUN, KILLING TWO MEN AND A WOMAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THORNTON POLICE SAY 47-YEAR-OLD SCOTT OSTREM WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY MORNING, ABOUT 14 HOURS AFTER HE FLED THE STORE IN A CAR. AUTHORITIES USED SECURITY VIDEO TO HELP IDENTIFY HIM.

THORNTON POLICE SPOKESMAN VICTOR AVILA SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT THE SHOOTING APPEARS RANDOM AND THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF TERROR.

HE SAYS THE MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN.

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UPDATE: COLORADO AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED A MAN WHO POLICE SAY NONCHALANTLY WALKED INTO A WALMART AND IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE, KILLING TWO MEN AND A WOMAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THORNTON POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR 47-YEAR-OLD SCOTT OSTREM, WHO THEY SAY FLED IN A CAR BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED. AUTHORITIES USED SECURITY VIDEO TO HELP IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.

THORNTON POLICE SPOKESMAN VICTOR AVILA SAYS THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO BE RANDOM AND THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF TERROR.

CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES HID OR FLED TOWARD THE EXITS AFTER GUNSHOTS RANG OUT IN THORNTON, A SUBURB OF DENVER. AVILA SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE FIRED.

TWO MEN DIED AT THE STORE, AND THE WOMAN DIED AT A HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIMS.

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THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Two men were killed and a woman was injured in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night, forcing customers to either hide in the store or frantically run for the doors.

Thornton police tweeted Wednesday night that they were responding to a shooting with "multiple parties down." They advised people to stay away from the area as dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles raced to the scene.

Aaron Stephens, 44, was in the self-checkout line when he heard a single shot followed by more bursts of gunfire, The Denver Post reported. He said customers started screaming and running for the exits.

"I was scared. I feared for my life," said Stephens, who has lived in Thornton for 20 years.

Meanwhile, Brandon Bonney said he received a call from his brother, who was inside the store.

"Bro, I'm inside Walmart, and there's a shooting here," Bonney said his brother told him.

Bonney told his brother to silence his phone, stay calm and "just get somewhere and hide," The Post reported.

Investigators have not released any details about the circumstances of the shooting or the condition of the injured woman. A call to the Thornton Police Department went unanswered.

Special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were headed to the scene to help police.

The Walmart about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Denver is in a busy shopping center that includes restaurants, a movie theater and several other shops.

No other information was released.