BEAVERCREEK, Ohio — Four people were shot inside a Walmart in the suburbs of Dayton Monday night after a 20-year-old man entered the store and opened fire with a rifle.
Capt. Scott Molnar with the Beavercreek Police Department said a man entered a Walmart location on Pentagon Boulevard just after 8:30 p.m. and began firing shots, hitting four people.
All four people were taken to area hospitals; police said they are all adults.
During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Beavercreek Police Captain Chad Lindsey said they have identified the shooter, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, as 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones of Dayton, Ohio.
By the 2 p.m. press conference, three of the victims were considered stable and one victim was in critical condition, but stabilized, Lindsey said.
The gun used in the shooting has been identified as a Hi-Point .45 caliber carbine long gun, Lindsey said.
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"This has been an incredibly tragic incident," Molnar said the night of the shooting. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims, to the responding officers and everyone that was here this evening."
Molnar said the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No shots were fired by police officers, Molnar said.
On Tuesday, Lindsey said the shooter was found by responding officers just behind the vision center. The victims, however, were hit by gunfire throughout the store; Lindsey said they were all found in different areas of the store.
Lindsey said the victims' wounds varied, too.
"The shots were largely random, they ranged throughout all parts of the body," he said.
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He would not comment on how many shots were fired inside the Walmart, however.
Police did not release any identifying information about the people shot, but said three of them are women and one is a man.
Lindsey said all of the victims were shoppers in the store; no employees of the Walmart were hurt in the shooting.
Zrinka Dilber, assistant special agent in charge for the FBI Cincinnati field office, said the investigation into the gunman is still ongoing. Dilber could not say whether the shooter obtained his gun legally, whether he had any connection to the Walmart or the victims or any other information regarding his motivations.
Dilber asked that anyone who may have known the gunman or had any insight into his motivations contact the FBI, either by calling 1.800.CALL.FBI or by submitting a tip online.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations, FBI and ATF all responded to the scene in addition to local police departments.
Beavercreek is the largest city in Greene County. It is considered the second-largest suburb of Dayton.
Walmart issued the following statement Monday night:
“We’re heartbroken by what’s happened at our Beavercreek, Ohio, store. This remains a developing situation, and we’re working closely with investigators on the scene.”
