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| Mall shooting in wealthy DC suburb results in three victims | |
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| Three people have been shot at Montgomery mall in Bethesda, Maryland, a Washington, DC suburb. The suspect is outstanding, according to police. | |
| Officers responded to the shooting around 11:25 a.m. local time at the Westfield Montgomery mall in Bethesda, Maryland, a wealthy suburb of Washington, DC. | |
| Preliminary information from police indicates that two males and a female were victims of the shooting, but their status is not clear. The suspect was neither identified nor arrested. | |
| All victims of the shooting appear to be adults, police said. | |
| Montgomery County emergency services arrived at the scene to treat and transport injured victims, according WUSA. | |
| The shooter approached the female victim when she was in her car in what “seemed like an ambush,” one witness told NBC Washington. She was shot in the shoulder. | |
| One of the male victims was shot in front and the back, NBC Washington said. | |
| The mall was not put on lockdown. | |
| The Westfield Montgomery mall is a large and popular shopping destination for the residents of Montgomery County, one of the most educated and affluent counties in the United States. | |
| Nearby Tilden Middle School and Walter Johnson High School were put on "shelter in place" status while the incident was under investigation, WJLA reported. | |
| A second shooting in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland was reported, but there is currently no indication that the events are connected. |