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Walmart employee fatally shoots customer, investigators say

A Walmart employee is facing a murder charge after Florida investigators say he fatally shot a customer An off-duty Walmart employee fatally shot a customer who tried to help a female employee who had gotten into a fight with the gunman, Florida law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Tironie Sterling, 22, is charged with first-degree murder for Tuesday afternoon's shooting at a suburban Fort Lauderdale Walmart, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said. According to investigators, Sterling went to the Lauderdale Lakes store to meet with a female colleague. They got into an argument that escalated into a fight, with Sterling dropping a handgun onto the floor. A male customer came to the woman's aid, but Sterling retrieved his gun and shot the man several times, killing him, investigators said. The victim's name and age have not been released. Sterling fled the store, but was arrested hours later, investigators said. He was being held without bond Wednesday awai...

Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo told investigators he heard gunfire, but decided it wasn't active shooter

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Despite hearing gunfire inside Robb Elementary, police chief Pete Arredondo told investigators he decided not to treat it as an active shooter incident, records show. There was still active gunfire inside an elementary school in Texas on May 24 when the school district's police chief arrived and decided not to treat the scene as an active shooter event. Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde schools police chief who has since been fired for his actions that day, told investigators he assumed students were already dead but wanted to focus his attention on rescuing those children still alive. MORE: 'Take responsibility': Experts push back on Arredondo's response to his termination "My first thought is that we needed to vacate," said Arredondo. "We have him contained. ... There's probably gonna be some deceased in there, but we don't need any more from out here." Arredondo made comments less than 24 hours after 19 students and two of their teachers wer...