Police respond to shooting outside Amazon warehouse in Matteson

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An Amazon sign is seen on the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center on April 25, 2022, in New York City. Photo credit Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

No one was injured after gunfire erupted Tuesday morning in an Amazon warehouse parking lot in south suburban Matteson.

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There was an “altercation” between people in two vehicles when one of them opened fired at 10:53 a.m. The shooter struck the other vehicle but injured no one, Matteson spokesman Sean Howard said.

Officers arrived in the 7000 block of Vollmer Road but the shooter and victim had left in their own vehicles, he said. It’s unclear if any were Amazon employees.

Police have identified a person of interest, Howard said, but no arrests were announced.

The shooting was an isolated incidents between the two people, Howard said. “This is not an active shooter incident,” he said.

Amazon did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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