Officials: Former Employee Identified as Deadly Walmart Distribution Center Shooting Suspect

Officials: Former Employee Identified as Deadly Walmart Distribution Center Shooting Suspect
A truck leaves a large regional Walmart distribution center in Washington, Utah, on June 6, 2019. George Frey/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Local officials released the identity of a suspect who crashed his vehicle into a Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff, California, before opening fire, killing one employee and injuring several others.

Louis Lane, 31, was identified as the lone gunman in the shooting, according to the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department. Lane had worked for the distribution center before he was fired from the company in 2019 after failing to show up for his shift, the department wrote.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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