John Leyba, The Denver PostRochelle Ginsner holds her daughter Danielle Carey, 16, an employee, after they were released from the parking lot at Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostWalmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostA witness is loaded into an ambulance, after she and others were taken to Thornton Civic Center, preceding a shooting inside the Walmart, Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostDarlene Jackson sits on an overturned shopping cart as she and fellow shoppers and employees gather outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
John Leyba, The Denver PostFamily and friends wait on a hill to hear word from their loved ones as emergency crews and police on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 during a shooting.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostEmployees Jose Delgado and Alexandra Adams stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostPolice at shooting in Walmart on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
John Leyba, The Denver PostFamily and friends wait on a hill to hear word from their loved ones as emergency crews and police patrol the grounds of the Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA father and son, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPolice officers help a disabled man leave the parking lot outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostA Thornton police officer gives instructions to people as they stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostWalmart employees and customers that were inside the store wait to hear what to do from police as they stand behind police tape outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostWalmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostPeople stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostEmployees exit the parking lot after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostPeople stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
John Leyba, The Denver PostEmployees and shoppers are released from a holding area in the Walmart lot. Emergency crews and police on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 during a shooting.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostBystanders on a hill at 98th and Grant across the street from a shooting investigation at a Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostPolice investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostPeople are escorted out after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostOnlookers watch police activity at the scene of a shooting inside the Walmart at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostPolice investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostPolice investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostPolice investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
John Leyba, The Denver PostEmergency crews and police on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 during a shooting.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA young girl walks through the parking lot away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA father and his scared daughter, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
John Leyba, The Denver PostAdams County Sheriff on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 talking to witnesses after a shooting inside the store.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPolice guard the front entrance to Walmart where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostAn ambulance leaves the scene of a shooting investigation at a Walmart Nov. 1, 2017.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA police officer tells Walmart employees and customers that were inside the store that they will need to find ways home because they will not be able to access their cars in the parking lot after a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostWalmart employees and customers comfort one another as they wait outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPolice officers gather in the parking lot outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostA police officer stands guard near the intersection of Grant St. and 98th Ave during a shooting investigation at a Walmart Nov. 1, 2017.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostAn ATF agent walks in the parking lot of a Walmart during a shooting investigation Nov. 1, 2017.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostAn RTD bus was escorted from the scene of a shooting investigation at a Walmart on Nov. 1, 2017.
Provided by the Thornton Police Department, suppliedA security camera photo shows the suspect in the fatal shooting at Walmart Super Center in Thornton that left three people dead.
Provided by Thornton Police DepartmentScott Ostrem
Steve Nehf, The Denver PostWESTMINSTER, CO. - NOVEMBER 2 - The red Mitsubishi driven by Walmart shooting suspect Scott Ostrem is loaded on a tow truck after he was arrested near the intersection of Federal Blvd and 72nd and W. 72nd Ave.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostThe Fobb family Angelique 13, Jason Fobb, Destiney 9, Marlena Fobb. Marlena Fobb is hugged by her daughter Destiney 9, as she tells the story of her and her husband Jason in the checkout line next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton, CO. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
Joe Amon, The Denver PostWalmart employees work to put the store back in order as police continue their investigation after the shooting in Thornton, Colorado on Nov. 2, 2017.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostMarlena Fobb is hugged by a Walmart employee as she leaves Walmart after getting her credit card that was still in the machine and the vacuum cleaner they were buying. She and her husband Jason were in the checkout line next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton, Colorado. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
Joe Amon, The Denver PostMarlena Fobb is hugged by a Walmart employee as she leaves the store this morning after getting her credit card that was still in the machine. She and her husband Jason were in the checkout line next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton, Colorado.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostA Walmart employee gives a survival bag to a man wrapped in a blanket outside the closed store as employees work to put the store back in order and police continue their investigation after the shooting in Thornton, Colorado on Nov. 2, 2017.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostDarlene Jackson tells her account of the shooting the night before at a Walmart store to a news station in Thornton, Colorado on Nov. 2, 2017.
John Leyba, The Denver Post
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About 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, at 9900 Grant St., a Walmart Super Center, part of the Thornton Town Center.