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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say one person has been fatally shot and another wounded at a Walmart store in New Orleans.

New Orleans Police said a man was detained for questioning after the shooting Monday evening in the city's Gentilly district.

A police statement said a city police officer who was working a secondary employment security detail at the store had taken the man in custody.

Authorities say a male victim was found elsewhere in a store aisle with a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police say a female victim had a gushot wound to the foot and was in stable condition.

The names of those involved weren't immediately released.

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