EDMONTON -- Alberta RCMP continue to investigate the circumstances of a man being shot to death at a Red Deer Walmart Friday night.
A 69-year-old man was shot at the entrance to the Walmart Superstore in the city's south end around 6:45 p.m. Friday. He was rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest and later died.
Albert Kuipers said he drove right by the scene as it was unfolding.
"There was someone laying on the ground beside the car and we thought, 'Well, maybe someone had a bad fall or something,'" he recalled.
"Immediately after we get in the doors we hear that it's locked down."
Another witness told CTV News Edmonton the next day they had heard multiple shots fired in the parking lot.
Police spent Friday night looking for at least two suspects, and local authorities indicated there may be two suspect vehicles involved.
Shoppers at the store were told to leave the scene immediately and many were forced to leave their vehicles behind.
The next morning, employees of a property restoration company were seen cleaning up the ground next to an SUV with a bullet hole in its windshield.
The owner of the SUV, who didn't want to be identified, said she was happy she was inside when the shooting happened.
RCMP said customers would be able to pick up their vehicles by noon on Saturday. The store also resumed normal operating hours Saturday.
In a statement to CTV News, Walmart Canada said it was working closely with local RCMP and confirmed no employees were injured.
The investigation is ongoing, and there is no word yet on any suspect(s) being apprehended.
Kuipers commented: "Things like that happen. It (doesn't) matter what time of year or what occasion or anything; they just happen. We don't like it, but criminals don't really take holidays."
With files from Sarah Plowman
