UPDATE: An unknown number of people are dead and at least nine are injured after a mass shooting at an outdoor outlet mall in suburban Dallas, Texas Saturday afternoon, according to local police officials.
An ATF spokesperson told NBC 5 agents and K-9 officers are now working to locate shell casings and begin the process of tracing the firearm or firearms involved in the attack.WITNESSES REPORT TAKING SHELTER, SEEING BODIES
Hundreds of people were evacuated and were being kept in a parking lot across from the mall, waiting for someone to pick them up or being allowed back to their cars. One man, who said he was an employee of a store at the mall, told NBC 5 he and a co-worker saw bullets hitting the columns in front of the shop and ducked to the ground. They managed to make it to a back room, where they barricaded themselves.Police respond after a gunman opens fire at an outdoor outlet mall in Allen, Texas, Saturday, May 6, 2023.Bullet holes could be seen in cars in the mall parking lot as well as in storefronts.
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