Walmart shooting leaves 18-year-old employee with multiple gunshot wounds after failed carjacking attempt

A WALMART worker has been left with several gunshot wounds following a failed carjacking attempt.

Cops darted to the supermarket in Waxahachie, Texas on Saturday after receiving reports of a shooting.

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An 18-year-old Walmart worker was shot several times after being ambushed when he was walking to his car, police said.

Officers said that two armed masked suspects fled the scene following the shooting.

Police have revealed that the man is expected to make a full recovery after being hospitalized.

The victim has not been named and police have not made any arrests as part of their probe.

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Anyone with information should call cops at the Waxahachie Police Department at 469-309-4400.

Alternatively, tips can be submitted anonymously to Ellis County Crime Stoppers at 972-937-7297.

A spate of Walmart shootings has been reported in recent months.

On December 27, a man and a woman were shot after two groups started arguing while waiting for the self-checkout at a superstore in Mobile, Alabama.

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They were taken away from the scene with non-life-threatening injuries, WPMI reports.

Shoppers fled the scene and cops put the supermarket on lockdown as part of their probe.

Cops have since identified suspects Karmelo Derks, 18, Jimaurice Pierce, 19, and Darrius Rowser, also 19.

Seven people, including the gunman, died after gunfire erupted at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia in November.

Andre Bing opened fire before turning his weapon on himself during the deadly rampage.

Cops found a 9mm handgun, a box of ammunition, and documents relating to the purchase of the firearm.

The victims were identified as Brian Pendleton, 38; Kellie Pyle; Lorenzo Gamble, 43; Randy Blevins, 70; Tyneka Johnson, 22; and 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron.

Chavez-Barron had just started working at the store as he wanted to help his family.

Donya Prioleau, who was in the break room when Bing walked in and opened fire, told CNN that he "said a lot of disturbing things."

She claimed "[Bing] came in, shot three of my friends... half of us didn't believe it was real until some of us saw blood on the floor."

Prioleau described Bing as "condescending" and lacking "good communication skills," adding that he was "quite mean to a lot of us."

A witness who was present during the shooting said it appeared that Bing was targeting certain people.

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Jessica Wilczewski told The Associated Press: "The way he was acting - he was going hunting.

"The way he was looking at people's faces and the way he did what he did, he was picking people out."