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Florida City Walmart shooting leaves 1 person dead, injures another: police

A Florida suspect opened fire in a Florida City Walmart, hitting two people and killing one.

The shooting took place at around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

WSVN reported that two people were shot: one person was reportedly hit in the foot, while another was injured in the abdomen. A third customer had a panic attack from the incident, requiring medical attention.

The victim who was shot in the abdomen was transported to the hospital via air rescue, but soon passed away. The other victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

“There was an altercation amongst two groups, three individuals on each side where these individuals had some type of altercation amongst each other and escalated into a physical altercation where one of them produced a firearm, discharged, striking these two individuals,” a Miami-Dade Police Department official explained at a press conference.

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Aerials of Florida City Walmart parking lot

The Florida City Police Department is actively investigating the Walmart shooting. (WSVN)

One of the suspects was apprehended when police entered the store, but the other four people involved fled.  

Fox News Digital reached out to the Florida City Police Department, but has not heard back.

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