Alleged Walmart shooter in custody

RENO - Police say the gunman who shot three co-workers at Reno Walmart has surrendered.

John Dennis Gillane, 45, allegedly kept police at bay for hours this morning after opening fire at the Kietzke Lane Walmart where he was possibly about to be fired. Police say they believe a gunman who opened fire at a Walmart store this morning was about to be fired.

The people were shot and have been taken to a Reno hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Reno Deputy Police Chief Mike Whan says it is his understanding Gillane was about to be terminated. He says police have not established a motive for the shooting but suspect it was related to the termination.

Whan also says police negotiators have established contact with Gillane by telephone and are trying to persuade him to surrender.

Heavily armed police officers entered the building about four hours after the lone gunman entered about 8:30 a.m. and opened fire on fellow employees, Reno Deputy Police Chief Mike Whan said.

One of the victims was shot critically, but "the prognosis is good for all of them," said Dan Fogleman, a spokesman for Wal-mart Stores Inc. He provided no further details.

At least nine officers with rifles entered the store shortly after 12:30 p.m. Police believed the gunman was in a back room. Efforts to contact him had been unsuccessful, Whan said.

Reno police Lt. Mohammad Rafqat said the man appeared to have a handgun, and one of his victims was a manager at the store.

Employees were placed on a bus in the parking lot of a sporting goods store next to the Walmart.

Jimmy Moses said he was dropping his wife off for her first day of work at the store about 9 a.m. when police cars drove up and people fled the Walmart.

Washoe County deputies, Sparks police and the FBI joined Reno police in sweeping the store to be sure there were no hostages.

"They were very efficient. They got everybody out fast and they kept everybody calm," Moses told a Reno newspaper.