Amazon warehouse shooting in Matteson, Illinois, sees gunfire erupt in parking lot before gunman flees

GUNFIRE erupted in the parking lot of an Amazon warehouse as police hunt for the suspected shooter who fled the scene. Police say a gunman fired several shots at an Amazon employee on Tuesday afternoon outside the company’s fulfillment center in Matteson, Illinois. Cops told Fox 32 that bullets struck a vehicle, but no one […]

GUNFIRE erupted in the parking lot of an Amazon warehouse as police hunt for the suspected shooter who fled the scene.

Police say a gunman fired several shots at an Amazon employee on Tuesday afternoon outside the company’s fulfillment center in Matteson, Illinois.

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Cops told Fox 32 that bullets struck a vehicle, but no one was injured.

Matteson is roughly 30 miles south of Chicago.

It’s unclear what sparked the shooting or if it was a targeted attack.

The latest act of gun violence at an Amazon location comes just weeks after a female employee at one of the company’s Memphis locations was killed in the parking lot.

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In that shooting, employees told ABC 24 that Ebony Crockett, 44, was in the parking lot when she was shot multiple times.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was shot three times and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Amazon officials confirmed Crocket worked at the warehouse, and the suspected gunman Corey Brewer was a former employee.

Brewer was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop.

Crockett had a no-contact order against Brewer that was issued on May 9 and served on June 2, according to court records.

There were charges of stalking and harassment communications.

Brewer was also ordered not to possess any weapons and to stay away from the woman’s home and job.

“I came outside on my lunch break and literally heard shooting gunshots, and I didn’t really see anything per day, but I mean there were quite a few gunshots that went off,” an employee at the warehouse told News 3.

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