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Two people have been killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Kansas City, Missouri, US officials say. Three people, including a gunman, have been killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Kansas City, US police say.
The incident at the Ward Parkway centre happened just before 1600 (1900 GMT). The incident at the crowded Ward Parkway centre in Missouri happened just before 1600 (1900 GMT) on Sunday.
"We have at least two fatalities, maybe more," fire department official Joe Vitale was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. The gunman shot two people dead at the centre's car park, before wounding two others inside the main building.
It was not immediately clear whether the suspect was among those killed or taken into custody. The assailant was later found dead, but it was not immediately clear if he was shot by police.
The shooting reportedly took place in the centre's car park. Police are also investigating whether an earlier killing at a house not far away from the centre and also a shooting in which a policeman was injured involved the gunman.
The gunman's identity was not immediately released.
'Mass chaos'
Kansas City police said the shopping centre was packed with "hundreds and hundreds" of shoppers when the shooting spree began.
"It was just mass chaos, as you can imagine, on a Sunday in a crowded mall," police spokesman Tony Sanders said.
The gunfire sent terrified shoppers scrambling for cover.
"I was in my truck and the gunman was two cars over from me," witness Queea Miller told CNN."I was in my truck and the gunman was two cars over from me," witness Queea Miller told CNN.
She said she saw the gunman shooting several times.She said she saw the gunman shooting several times.
The gunfire sent terrified shoppers scrambling for cover. Police believe the chain of events began earlier on Sunday when they found the body of a woman, who had been missing for several days, in a house in Kansas City.
Reports said a policeman was wounded in a nearby incident that officials believe was related to the shopping centre shooting. After discovering that the woman's car was missing, police put out a description of the vehicle.
"What we are hearing is that a police officer was trying to talk to a driver of a vehicle at a gas station some ways away from a mall and this driver shot the officer in the arm," Richard Espinoza from the Kansas City Star newspaper told the BBC. The car was spotted later on Sunday by a policeman, who pulled the driver over and was shot in the arm, police said.
He said officials believed that "this is the same person who drove to the mall several miles away and began shooting there". The policeman returned fire but the driver fled.
Mr Espinoza said the suspect was believed to be among those killed or wounded. Local police were notified about the incident and minutes later were called to the shopping centre after reports of shootings there.