Shots were fired between police and a suspect vehicle at an Evergreen Walmart Thursday evening — around the same time as residents were grieving over the Evergreen High School shooting in the city.

More than 20 police vehicles from various Jefferson County departments flooded the Walmart on Swede Gulch Road around 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening, blocking off the parking lots.

People inside of the Walmart and nearby McDonalds were not allowed to leave as officers walked around the area.

According to witnesses Shirley and Leigh Jones, who were eating inside of the restaurant when the incident occurred, multiple police vehicles swarmed a pickup truck. The pickup truck maneuvered, causing a police SUV to crash into a median and took off.

An officer left the crashed vehicle and fired around eight shots at the truck, according to witnesses. The truck then fled onto Interstate 70 heading eastbound.

The pursuit ended on eastbound I-70. An officer and the suspect suffered minor injuries, according to a JCSO spokesperson.

Furthermore, witnesses claimed they could not leave because a second suspect was thought to be on the loose, potentially inside of the Walmart.

The sheriff’s office had not released any information regarding the incident as of publication.

Just around three miles away, hundreds of people gathered at Buchanan Park to send love and prayers to the two Evergreen High School students shot and injured in a shooting on the campus Wednesday.

The suspect, 16-year-old Desmond Holly, later died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to the sheriff’s office.

“Between yesterday and today, these are the two days of violence that have surpassed anything I’ve witnessed living up here,” Shirley Jones said about her 30 years in the city.