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DEVELPING UNION NJ: Route 22 Walmart in Union Evacuated Due to 'Suspicious Person' UPDATE: Unfounded

Union Township (Union)

**UPDATE 11:22AM NO ACTIVE SHOOTER**

**UPDATE 11:58AM Police have the store surrounded but appear to be in control. Customers and employees are reporting shots fired but there is a shooting range in close proximity to the store... No confirmed shots fired. There are many that are shaken up from the incident but NO injuries reported at this time.**

There is a significant police presence at the Walmart on Route 22 in Union as police canvass the scene after there were reports of a 'suspicious' person inside the store.

Police cleared the store at approximately 11 a.m. and store employees and customers were moved to a secured area of the parking lot while officers searched inside the store and around the vicinity.

We can not confirm that this person is armed, but sources are reporting to our information space that the individual that police are looking for may have a weapon and is wearing a mask according to what officers told them.

There are no injuries or any official reports of an active shooter at this time.

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