Oklahoma Walmart shooting: Three dead at store in Duncan, reports say

Schools in the area placed on lockdown following the shooting

Police officers at the scene of a shooting at a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma (AP)

At least three people have been killed during a shooting at a Walmart in Oklahoma, according to reports from local media citing law enforcement.

The death toll was confirmed to ABC7 by Duncan Police chief Danny Ford, who said that the three people were killed outside the store near a vehicle.

One of those killed was the shooter, he said. Several more were reportedly injured in the shooting.

“We have three individuals that are deceased. We have two white males and a white female,” Mr Ford said, according to Fox25. “Two of the victims are inside a vehicle, one is outside the vehicle. And at this point that’s about all we do know.”

The shooting apparently involved a handgun, and the police department has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Schools in the Oklahoma city have been placed on lock down until they get an all clear from law enforcement.

Duncan is the county seat of Stephens County, and had a population of 23,431 the last time the Census was conducted, in 2010.

The city is located roughly 50 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.

Walmarts across the country have recently been the sites of shootings like these, and the Monday shooting comes after two prominent attacks at a location in El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were killed, and another at a location in Mississippi, where two were killed.