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Anchorage police are responding to reports of a shooting Sunday evening in the parking lot of the Walmart in South Anchorage.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting around 5:11 p.m. Sunday, police said on social media. Several Anchorage Police Department units responded to the location, on the Old Seward Highway at 88th Avenue just south of the Dimond Center mall, and the department’s crime scene van was on site.
Multiple social media users reported that the Walmart was on lockdown.
No one has been arrested in the shooting so far, police said. Additional information about the shooting, including whether there were any injuries or fatalities, wasn’t immediately available.
Police asked people to avoid the location, or follow officers’ instructions if they needed to be in the area.
Police asked anyone with information about the shooting, including surveillance footage, to call police dispatch at 311 (option 1) or 907-786-8900 (option 0).
Daily News photojournalist Bill Roth contributed.
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