GLENDALE, ARIZ. — A man accused of gunning down two Wal-Mart employees in a store parking lot - reloading and continuing to fire into the men after they fell - didn't appear to know either victim and had no known vendetta against the company, authorities said.
Court papers released Wednesday indicated the suspect, Ed Liu, 53, was mentally disturbed but gave no further details.
The two employees had been collecting shopping carts in the crowded parking lot of their suburban Phoenix store Tuesday afternoon when a man drove up and started shooting, according to authorities.
Anthony Spangler, 18, and Patrick Graham, 36, were wearing their blue Wal-Mart vests when they were hit. Both died from their wounds.
Two witnesses gave police the license number of the shooter's car, and Liu was arrested a few hours later in a nearby retirement community where he lived.
He was booked late Tuesday on two counts of first-degree murder.
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