Shooting at Walmart: 2 shots outside Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania store

WHITEHALL TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) – A shootout in front of a Walmart in Lehigh Valley injured two people on Friday night, police said.

The shooting took place around 7 pm on block 2600 on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township.

Police said two people were shot outside the store.

Witnesses at the scene said the incident happened very suddenly.

“As I’m entering, I hear it like a boom, boom. I thought it was a car exhaust or something, “said Qusai Muhasen of New Jersey.

It seemed that Walmart never closed, despite the large police presence.

“When we were entering the parking lot, we saw one of the Whitehall police cars coming up through the main entrance here near TJ Maxx and heading towards Walmart,” said Scott Dias of Upper Macungie. “Within seconds, we saw that more than five or six police cars appeared.”

There is no information on the condition of the victims of the shooting.

Police have not released details of a suspect or motive.

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This story has been updated to show that the shooting took place outside Walmart.