Walmart Shooting: 2 shot outside the Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania store

WHITEHALL TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) – Two people were injured in a shooting outside a Walmart in the Lehigh Valley Friday night, police said.

The shooting took place at around 7:00 PM at block 2600 of MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township.

Police said two people had been shot outside the store.

Witnesses at the scene said the incident happened very suddenly.

As I walk in, I hear like a ‘boom, boom’. I thought it was a car exhaust or something, ”said Qusai Muhasen from New Jersey.

It seemed the Walmart was never closed despite the large police presence.

“When we got to the parking lot, we saw one of the Whitehall police cars flying up the main gate here at TJ Maxx and then headed towards Walmart,” said Scott Dias of Upper Macungie. “Within seconds, we saw more than five or six police cars appear.”

There is no word on the condition of the shooting victims.

Police have not released details of any suspect or motive.

This story has been updated to show that the shooting took place outside of the Walmart.