Walmart Employee Killed At IN Store ID'd As IL Woman: Authorities

HAMMOND, IN — A Walmart employee who was killed at a northwest Indiana store Monday has been identified as a 21-year-old woman from Chicago, according to authorities.

The coroner’s office of Lake County, Indiana, identified the victim on Tuesday as Dakota Norwood.

Law enforcement had responded shortly after 9 a.m. Monday to the business in the 1100 block of Fifth Avenue after an off-duty Hammond police officer working store security reported that a shooting had occurred and a person was in custody, authorities said.

A male had been speaking with Norwood when the encounter escalated to a physical altercation, according to police, who said the male retrieved a gun and shot the victim repeatedly.

WLS reported that the gunman appeared to be around 18. Hammond police characterized the shooting as an isolated incident.