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One dead after US shopping mall shooting
November 23, 2008 - 7:34PM
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One man is dead and a second is in a critical condition after a shooting in a Seattle-area shopping mall that created panic among thousands of shoppers.
Shots erupted in the packed shopping mall on Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and the two men, sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said.
The Southcentre Mall in Tukwila was locked down for six hours as police tried in vain to find the gunman.
Officer Mike Murphy, a police spokesman, said there were "thousands" of shoppers at the mall when the shooting took place just before 3.45pm local time (1045 AEDT Sunday).
He said the gunfire may have been gang-related.
"It's a possibility," Murphy said.
The two injured men were taken to Seattle's Harborview Medical Centre, where one of them died.
A hospital spokesman said on Saturday night the second victim was in critical condition.
The gunman used a pistol and fired multiple shots, Murphy said.
He said at least four or five people were detained for questioning, but none of them was the shooter and some had been released. He said some of those detained were witnesses.
As police searched for the gunman, they allowed store employees and customers remaining in the mall to exit in groups, Murphy said.
Murphy said the assailant "must have got out with the crowd", but police anticipated identifying the shooter "soon" and making an arrest.
The gunman and the two victims were all in their late teens or early 20s. No one else was injured, Murphy said.
SWAT teams converged on the mall to help search for the suspect.
It was not known what led to the shooting or the relationship between the shooter and the victims or even between the victims themselves.
Shopper Mark Nickels, 51, described the chaos after the shooting.
"Everybody just stopped," he said. "Everybody thought something fell. Then a second or two later, there was a second shot and then everybody scattered. People were running to the (exits) or running to the stores to hide."
AP
November 23, 2008 - 7:34PM
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One man is dead and a second is in a critical condition after a shooting in a Seattle-area shopping mall that created panic among thousands of shoppers.
Shots erupted in the packed shopping mall on Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and the two men, sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said.
The Southcentre Mall in Tukwila was locked down for six hours as police tried in vain to find the gunman.
Officer Mike Murphy, a police spokesman, said there were "thousands" of shoppers at the mall when the shooting took place just before 3.45pm local time (1045 AEDT Sunday).
He said the gunfire may have been gang-related.
"It's a possibility," Murphy said.
The two injured men were taken to Seattle's Harborview Medical Centre, where one of them died.
A hospital spokesman said on Saturday night the second victim was in critical condition.
The gunman used a pistol and fired multiple shots, Murphy said.
He said at least four or five people were detained for questioning, but none of them was the shooter and some had been released. He said some of those detained were witnesses.
As police searched for the gunman, they allowed store employees and customers remaining in the mall to exit in groups, Murphy said.
Murphy said the assailant "must have got out with the crowd", but police anticipated identifying the shooter "soon" and making an arrest.
The gunman and the two victims were all in their late teens or early 20s. No one else was injured, Murphy said.
SWAT teams converged on the mall to help search for the suspect.
It was not known what led to the shooting or the relationship between the shooter and the victims or even between the victims themselves.
Shopper Mark Nickels, 51, described the chaos after the shooting.
"Everybody just stopped," he said. "Everybody thought something fell. Then a second or two later, there was a second shot and then everybody scattered. People were running to the (exits) or running to the stores to hide."
AP
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King 5's coverage was the WORST!
They interviewed someone who said "this isn't over" and then a family member who said "they are good boys" despite the fact that the dead one got out of jail Friday and the wounded one was going to jail soon. Way to support our local businesses. Who the hell would got to Southcenter and risk this?
I say put them ALL in a room and shoot the ones who come out!
They interviewed someone who said "this isn't over" and then a family member who said "they are good boys" despite the fact that the dead one got out of jail Friday and the wounded one was going to jail soon. Way to support our local businesses. Who the hell would got to Southcenter and risk this?
I say put them ALL in a room and shoot the ones who come out!
No ****. Ya know, why is it that we cant have anything nice without a group of gang-bangers or banger-wannabees showing up and ****** things up. They are also starting to show up at Kent Station, and it is only a matter of time until they infest The Landing in Renton. Sea Tac mall never recovered. Tacoma Mall is out of the picture (guard toweres and all) Good old Bellevue Square will be one of our last hood-free shopping malls.
i was actually walking into the mall when it happened, a lady walked past me and my girlfriend and said go home there was just a shooting, it took an hour and a half to get out of the parking garage. it was ridiculous how many cops were there, i also saw them bring one of the guys out on a stretcher
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Yeah I seen this on the news this morning. Pretty sad. If you are hurting that bad to get a decent discount. Maybe you shouldn't be out there in the first place.
