Seven people are dead after a shooting at a Walmart in the US state of Virginia.

Police rushed to the store in Chesapeake just an hour before it was due to close, and found bodies strewn around the building.

Officers say an employee shot customers and staff - some in the staff room - before turning the gun on himself. The motive remains a mystery.

Kamaria Braye, a reporter for Virginia station WAVY 10, joins us now.

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