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Preliminary autopsy shows gunman in ND Walmart shooting was drunk

North Dakota BCI at the scene of the shooting.
Members of the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the scene of a shooting at Walmart on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Grand Forks, N.D.
Logan Werlinger | Grand Forks Herald file

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A man who shot and killed a Grand Forks, N.D., Walmart employee and wounded another last month was drunk at the time, according to preliminary autopsy results released by police.

Marcell Willis, 21, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than twice the legal limit to drive in North Dakota.

The active duty senior airman at the Grand Forks Air Force base drove to a Walmart around 1 a.m. May 26. He walked into the store and shot two employees before killing himself.

Gregory Weiland, 70, was killed and 47-year-old Lisa Braun was wounded. She was released from a Grand Forks hospital earlier this week.

Police say it will be four to six weeks before full autopsy results are available.