At least three people including police officers have reportedly been killed in a shooting spree near and inside Walmart in Las Vegas.
The emergency dispatcher received a call at 11:50 am claiming an armed men with a rifle and a bullet-proof vest was shooting inside the Walmart.
An earlier distress call said that police two officers were down in a pizzeria at Nellis Boulevard and Stewart Avenue, where two unidentified assailants reportedly walked up to two policemen and shot them point blank.
According to reports police are still trying to determine if the Wallmart incident is connected to an earlier shooting nearby at 309 North Nellis by Cici's Pizza restaurant.
Police have surrounded the area and ambulances are being summoned to the site. A photographer forNews 3 saw three body bags carried out of the store around noon local time on the intersection of North Nellis and Stewart today, Channel 8 news reports.