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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2-- A suspect of the fatal shooting that killed three people inside a Walmart supermarket in the U.S. state of Colorado was arrested Thursday morning, local police confirmed. "Walmart homicide suspect Scott Ostrem has been taken into custody," Thornton Police Department said on its official tweet page, 14 hours after the heinous act occurred around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evening (0030 GMT, Thursday) in Thornton, a Denver suburb, and left three dead. The suspect was identified as 47-year-old Scott Ostrem, who was described by witnesses as a cold blood murder. Police said he walked into the south entrance of the store and began shooting with a handgun randomly, then fled the scene in a red Mitsubishi car. At a press conference Thursday noon, Thornton police spokesman Victor Avila disclosed more details about the arrest, saying that a citizen tip helped police to locate the suspect's residence. Policemen and other federal law enforcement personnel surveilled the area all night and found the Mitsubishi Mirage with Colorado license plate in the morning, Avila said, adding that morning traffic ahead the suspect stopped him from escaping, allowing officers to arrest him in car, about one block away from his apartment. Avila told reporters earlier that Ostrem said nothing when he opened fire at the supermarket. So far, policemen had no idea about his motive but there are no indications it is terror-related. | 
