SEGUIN, Texas – A man was arrested in connection with a shooting at a Walmart in Seguin, where a woman was killed and another person was wounded, according to police.
The Seguin Police Department confirmed that the suspect is John Wheeler, 42.
Just before 5 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a Walmart in the 500 block of South Highway 123 Bypass for reports of shots fired in the store’s parking lot.
Upon arrival, Seguin police officers said John Wheeler had fled the scene before they arrived.
Police said the woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds. The woman, later identified as Katrina Wheeler, 35, of Seguin, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second person, identified as a 37-year-old man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital where he’s expected to recover.
Just before 5:30 p.m., police said John Wheeler’s vehicle was found outside the City of Seguin by the New Berlin Marshal’s Office.
Several agencies then helped Seguin police in a low-speed pursuit, authorities said.
The pursuit ended in the 3000 block of FM 775, police said, where John Wheeler was taken into custody.
John Wheeler was later booked into the Guadalupe County Jail on murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, records show.
Police said the Walmart store is closed until further notice.
Several agencies assisted the Seguin Police Department, including the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Game Wardens, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, the New Berlin Marshal’s Office and the Texas Rangers.
The criminal investigation remains ongoing.
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