Multiple people shot, 3 Killed, at Colorado Wal Mart. Perp in custody

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Multiple people were shot on Wednesday inside a Walmart in a Denver suburb, local police said. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not release any information about any of the victims and it was not clear if an assailant had been taken into custody. Thornton is about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Denver. "We've got multiple parties down, we're still trying to ascertain what their conditions are," Officer Victor Avila of the Thornton Police Department told Reuters.

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Police in Colorado have taken Scott Ostrem, 47, into custody for fatally shooting three people in a suburban Denver Wal-Mart before driving away. Ostrem "nonchalantly" entered the store in Thornton, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown Denver, and opened fire on shoppers and employees a little after 6 p.m. time, Thornton Police Department spokesman Victor Avila told reporters, citing witness accounts.

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"What we have determined is that it is random as of right now," Avila said. "As witnesses stated, the person came in and just shot towards a group." Two men were killed in the shooting and a woman who was shot was taken to a hospital where she died, according to the police department.

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