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| Three people dead after shooting at shopping mall in Maryland | Three people dead after shooting at shopping mall in Maryland |
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| Three people died in a shooting at a large shopping centre outside | Three people died in a shooting at a large shopping centre outside |
| Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday, and police said they were allowing | Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday, and police said they were allowing |
| shoppers to leave the mall after determining there was no longer a | shoppers to leave the mall after determining there was no longer a |
| threat. | threat. |
| A 911 call at about 11.15 am ET reported that shots had | |
| been fired at the Mall in Columbia in Columbia, Maryland, Howard County police said on Twitter. Police later used Twitter to say that one of the dead people was the “suspected shooter” and that there was no information available about the other victims. | |
| Police did not immediately know the identities of the dead, but said one of the people was believed to be the shooter. The scene was “believed to be secure”, police said in a tweet at about 12.36pm ET. Later, police said they were allowing shoppers to leave the mall, after determining there was no longer a threat. | |
| The mall, which has about 200 stores and is located about 30 miles north of Washington DC, typically opens at 10am on Saturdays. It was not known how many shoppers or workers were present at the time of the shooting.Joan Harding of Elkridge, Maryland, was shopping with her husband, David. She said she heard something heavy falling, followed by gunshots and people running."My husband said, 'Get down!' and the girl that worked in the store said, 'Get in the back,'" Harding said. That is where they hid until police gave the all-clear.Witnesses said they heard a succession of gunshots fired near the food court on the first floor of the mall. People were directed out of the mall and into a parking lot, where some boarded a bus and others walked toward their cars. Some people were seen crying.Laura McKinzles of Columbia works at a kiosk in the mall. She said she heard between eight and 10 gunshots, followed by people running and screaming. She ran into the backroom of a perfume store and locked the door. |