Shots fired in Montgomery Walmart, employee in custody

Shots fired in Montgomery Walmart, employee in custody

An employee at a Montgomery Walmart is in police custody after shots were fired in the store’s service area during a fight Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities and a report.

Officers responded to a business in the 6400 block of Atlanta Highway around 2:55 p.m. Wednesday on a call of a disturbance and shooting, said Maj. Saba Coleman.

Coleman would not name the business, but said the incident occurred in a service area. WSFA reported the shots were fired in a Walmart.

Coleman said an employee of the business was involved in an altercation inside the service area of the store when gunfire rang out.

The shots caused property damage to the store but no one was injured in the incident.

Some people involved in the incident fled the scene before police arrived, Coleman said, and police were still working to identify everyone who was at the scene.

The employee is in custody of Montgomery police.

Further information was unavailable as police continued to investigate the incident.