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Shooting sends Mall of America into lockdown
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- A 19-year-old antheral died successful a shooting that prompted the Mall of America to spell connected lockdown Friday nighttime little than 2 days earlier Christmas.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges says astir 7:50 p.m., officers heard gunshots connected the archetypal level of Nordstrom. There were 16 officers moving successful the promenade astatine the clip of the shooting.
Hodges says it appears determination was a carnal altercation anterior to the shooting involving anyplace betwixt 5-9 individuals. The antheral was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.
A bystander was struck by a stray slug successful their jacket, but was not injured.
Chief Hodges speaking now. Says astir 7:50, serviceman heard gunshots successful archetypal level of Nordstrom astatine @mallofamerica. 19 twelvemonth aged Male was changeable aggregate times and died connected scene. @WCCO pic.twitter.com/Y47rsD4Ord
— Allen Henry (@AllenWCCO) December 24, 2022Police person not arrested anyone successful transportation to the shooting.
"This is conscionable flat-out stupid," Hodges said. "We are going to drawback you [the suspects], we're going to fastener you up."
Videos posted connected societal media amusement shoppers hiding successful stores. Some videos amusement shoppers moving for screen aft a large bang is heard. One bystander's overgarment was grazed by a bullet.
This is the 2nd lockdown Mall of America has gone connected this year--shots fired extracurricular the Nike store prompted a lockdown successful August. On New Year's Eve of 2021, the promenade went into lockdown aft 2 radical were changeable connected the 3rd level of the mall.
The promenade bans guns connected the premises but does not person metallic detectors astatine its entrances. It began month-long investigating of the usage of a "weapons detection system" astatine its northbound entranceway successful October.
The promenade says it volition reopen Saturday astatine 10 a.m. The Nordstrom store volition stay closed.
"I truly consciousness the family, the mom, the dad, the different relatives the politician and I spoke to earlier coming retired here--they're successful pain, and rightfully so, for thing that should not person happened," said Hodges.
Mall of America released the pursuing statement:
"Just earlier 8 p.m. this evening, Bloomington Police Department responded to a shooting contained successful a tenant space. As a result, Mall of America was enactment into lockdown. The lockdown has since been lifted. The Mall is present closed for the evening."
The Bloomington Police Department plans to springiness different update connected Saturday.
The WCCO Staff is simply a radical of experienced journalists who bring you the contented connected WCCO.com.
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