Police in the Denver, Colorado, suburb of Thornton on Thursday said they had arrested a suspect in an apparent random shooting at a Walmart that left three people dead.
“Scott Ostrem, 47, was arrested at around 8 a.m. (1400 GMT),’’ the Thornton Police Department, said on Twitter.
Thornton police had issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest, calling him “armed and dangerous,” after the shooting in which two men and a woman were shot down at the store Wednesday.
Victor Avila, a spokesman for Thornton police, told the Denver Post that several witnesses said the shooting appeared to be random.
Avila said: “He walked in very nonchalantly with his hands in the pockets, raised a weapon and began shooting.
“Then he turns around and walks out of the store.
“Terrified employees dashed to a back room and hid there for five to 10 minutes before running out of the store.’’
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