A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said. Southaven Police identified the suspect as Martez Abram. He has been charged with two counts of murder.
Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore said Abram shot a Southaven police officer, who was protected by a bulletproof vest and suffered minor injuries.
“He was saved by his vest,” Moore told reporters during a press conference. The chief said a second Southaven officer shot the suspect twice, and that Martez was undergoing surgery at a hospital in neighboring Memphis, Tennessee.
