UPDATE: Police confirmed shots were fired after videos posted online captured what sounded like gunshots near Mall of America’s Nike store. Police later confirmed the shooting was an isolated incident and that the suspect fled on foot.
show responding officers with rifles drawn as they navigate the mall, which has an average of 40 million shoppers annually. Police later confirmed the shooting was an isolated incident and that the suspect fled the Mall of America on foot.
Officers are in the process of interviewing witnesses, and no victims have been reported. Once the lockdown is lifted, the mall will be closed for the evening. The last time the mall went into lockdown was New Year’s Eve, when a shooting broke out during a dispute between two shoppers. One man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and another was grazed.
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