The Latest: Police: Wal-Mart Incident Not Tied to Terrorism

The Latest on police responding to Amarillo, Texas, Wal-Mart amid reports that an armed person was at the store (all times local):

 

Amarillo police say the armed man who took two people hostage inside a local Wal-Mart was a store employee who had a work-related dispute with the manager and that there was no reason to believe the incident had any ties to terrorism.

 

Police Sgt. Brent Barbee says the suspect, 54-year-old Mohammad Moghaddam, took his manager and another person hostage over a dispute related to a promotion. Barbee says Moghaddam was a current employee at the Wal-Mart store.

 

Police say officers responded to the incident around 11 a.m. Authorities say a police SWAT crew entered the area of the store where the hostages were located around 12:20 p.m. and fatally shot Moghaddam.

 

Barbee says Moghaddam was armed with a handgun.

 

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