Shootout injured 3-year old girl in New Mexico Walmart parking lot

Occurred April 11, 2014.

Scene of shooting at Espanola Walmart (source)

(UPDATED -- See below)

Individuals in two cars, in the parking lot of a Walmart in Espanola, New Mexico, got into a conflict.  Shot were fired from both vehicles.  Stray bullets hit the Walmart store and also injured a 3-year old girl in the leg.

From an article:

A white Nissan Maxima pulled up and someone inside started shooting at the SUV.

At least one person in the explorer fired back and together the people in both cars fired off between five and six rounds.

Police say one of those bullets hit the Walmart window and another hit the three-year-old girl in the leg as she and her family were leaving the store.

She wasn’t badly injured and detectives say the girl’s father didn’t even know she had been hit until they got home.

They say no one else was hurt.

“We feel it’s an isolated incident. It may be gang related. We’re working diligently to apprehend the individuals responsible, said Detective Corporal Solomon Romero.

The girl has been released from the hospital.

Bullets don't know when to stop.

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UPDATE (4/18/14):  Two young men, ages 19 and 20, have been arrested for the shootout and wounding of the little girl.  The shooting was most likely gang-related and the culmination of years of dispute between the young men.  From an article:

Española Police said 20-year-old Mackie Roybal is the man behind the gunshot that injured a three-year-old girl caught in the crossfire. “We’re taking this very seriously and we’re not going to put up with this type of behavior within the City of Española,” said Detective Corporal Solomon Romero of the Española Police Department. 

Romero said Roybal and 19-year-old Dylan Vigil started shooting at each other from their vehicles last week in the Walmart parking lot. The little girl was in a shopping cart, leaving the store with her dad, when she was hit in the leg with a gunshot. 

She’s alright and back at home, but police said things could have been a lot worse. The car police say Vigil was driving that night is riddled with about six bullet holes along the drivers side, including one in the windshield. .... 

Police said Roybal even bragged about the shooting on Facebook, but then later deleted it. He’s charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting at a vehicle, negligent use of a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence. Vigil is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at a motor vehicle, tampering with evidence and negligent use of a deadly weapon.

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Shot fired from Texas Walmart parking lot hits a home

Occurred October 22, 2013.


Shots were fired between two vehicles in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Paris, Texas.  One of those shots hit a neighboring home and lodged in a wall just a few feet from the home's occupant.  Luckily, no one was reported injured.

From an article:

Police found a large caliber bullet hole in the side of the home and the bullet, inside, just a few feet away from where a resident had been lying down. 

Officers say the bullet came from the Walmart parking lot. 

Surveillance video from the store shows shots were exchanged between two vehicles.
No injuries were reported.

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Three people shot in argument outside Arizona Walmart

Occurred October 20, 2013.


During a homecoming party of teenagers, an argument got out of hand, in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Glendale, Arizona.

That's when someone pulled out a gun and opened fire, hitting a teen male.  Also injured were two bystanders, by stray gunfire, including an adult woman and a teen female.  Luckily, they are all expected to survive.  One teen was injured in the face, the other in the leg.

The shooter was caught by police.

From an article and video:

Police said a group of teens were at a nearby hookah lounge when a verbal altercation occurred. 

The dispute moved into the parking lot, which is when people involved in the altercation pulled out firearms and fired shots. 

A young adult male was hit by gunfire, while a juvenile female and a young adult female not involved in the altercation were struck by stray gunfire. 

The suspect fled the scene. 

The adult female who was shot was taken by friends to a hospital. She was treated for a minor injury and released. 

Officers arrived to find the young adult male and the juvenile female suffering from gunshot wounds to the body. 

They were treated at the scene and then taken to local hospitals. Their injuries aren't life-threatening.

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Woman in South Carolina Walmart parking lot struck by stray bullet

Occurred April 3, 2013.

A woman was getting out of her car in a Walmart parking lot in Walterboro, South Carolina, when she was struck in the stomach by a stray bullet falling out of the sky.  Luckily she was only mildly wounded.

Police later found a group of men in a nearby swamp who likely fired the round, who were shooting off a number of different weapons.

From an article:

The woman, according to Walterboro Police Chief Otis Rhodes, was getting out of her vehicle to go into the store Wednesday at approximately 12:15 p.m. when she was struck in the stomach by the bullet. 

The projectile had lost most of its velocity, simply bruising the woman as it fell to earth. Not knowing what had caused her minor injury, she walked into the business and told store employees, who contacted city police. She reportedly decided she did not need medical attention. 

Rhodes said officers found the bullet near the woman’s car. 

Police sent to the shopping center continued to hear distant gunfire. ... 

A team of sheriff’s office and Walterboro Public Safety personnel tracked the sounds of gunshots to the 1300 block of Mount Carmel Road. 

After walking through a swamp, the officers found four males who said they had been shooting rounds from three rifles, four handguns and a shotgun. 

They were told it appeared one of their bullets had traveled from their location to the Walmart parking lot, a distance a deputy estimated to be “about one-fourth to one-half mile as the crow flies.” 

The men said they had been firing into the ground and into the swamp. The deputy who was part of the search team reported that the area did not have a safe backstop for shooting. 

Officers obtained the personal information from the four men and took photographs of their weapons.

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