Police say 3 dead after shooting at US mall
People who had taken refuge in shops and restaurants when they heard gunfire were escorted out of the mall after the shooting had ended.Police in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland say three people were killed in a shooting Saturday at a shopping mall, including the suspected gunman, who appeared to have killed himself.
The mall in the Baltimore suburb of Columbia, Maryland, is just under 50 kilometers north of Washington.
Authorities say they were alerted to the shooting by an emergency phone call in the late morning.
Howard County Police Chief Bill McMahon told a news conference the shooting occurred outside of a store on the upper level of the Mall of Columbia near the food court. He said the two people killed by the shooter were employees of the store, one male and one female, both in their 20s.
Media reports have indicated the shooting may have been a domestic incident. McMahon said authorities have no knowledge of that but are investigating. He said the suspect used a shotgun and had a "large amount" of ammunition. Five people were injured, but only one is reported to have suffered a gunshot wound.
Source: VOA and agencies
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