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Commerce City Wal-Mart Evacuated

Report Of Armed Man Closes Store Early

POSTED: 7:03 p.m. MDT April 23, 2002
UPDATED: 8:14 p.m. MDT April 23, 2002

A Wal-Mart in Commerce City was evacuated Tuesday afternoon around 5 p.m. after police received a call of a man seen walking in the store with a weapon.

The store, located at 5990 Dahlia St., sells sporting guns, but the guns are normally boxed.

Witnesses have differing accounts of what type of gun it was, 7NEWS reported. Some have described it as a rifle and some have said it was a toy gun.

The SWAT team was in Wal-Mart searching for the suspect, described as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt.

Streets in the area were blocked off for the investigation.

There were no hostages nor reports of injuries.


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