DUNCAN, Oklahoma – Three people were killed Monday in a shooting outside a Walmart that ended when a bystander pointed a gun at the shooter, police and a witness said.
"We can confirm a shooting in Walmart parking lot," Duncan Police said in a statement. "One female and one male were deceased in (a) car and one male outside of the car. A handgun was found on scene."
Duncan resident Aaron Helton, an Army veteran, said he was at the Walmart at about 9:45 a.m. local time when he heard nine shots and saw the gunman, gun in hand. Another man walked up, put a pistol to the gunman’s head and told him to stop shooting, Helton said.
"We can confirm a shooting in Walmart parking lot," Duncan Police said in a statement. "One female and one male were deceased in (a) car and one male outside of the car. A handgun was found on scene."
Tera Mathis, spokeswoman for the Duncan Police Department, said names, ages and other personal details regarding the victims were not available.
Helton said he saw the gunman was turning the gun on himself and looked away. Police did not immediately confirm reports that the shooter took his own life.