Tysons Corner Mall shooting: Cops hunt suspect after multiple shots fired at shopping center forcing customers to flee
TERRIFIED shoppers fled a Virginia mall after shots were fired during an argument between a group of men.
Officers scrambled to the popular Tysons Corner Mall in Fairfax County as the building was put on lockdown and shoppers were locked inside stores.
Police said that when the fight broke out, one of the men “displayed a firearm and discharged a weapon.”
Authorities said the potential suspect was a black male wearing a black hoodie, black jeans, and white shoes.
Officials later said there was no active shooter situation, and there were no reported injuries.
“We’re always fortunate if there’s not an injury, when shots ring out inside of a shopping center here or anywhere else in America, and no one suffers a fatal or a nonfatal gunshot wound,” said Fairfax County Chief Kevin Davis.
“What’s not a good thing, is that it happened.”
Police said no one was taken into custody as of yet and that investigators are combing through surveillance footage inside the mall to identify possible suspects.
Multiple shots were fired inside but nobody was hit as far as police are aware.
They said there were no further reports of gunfire.
Three people were taken to the hospital for injuries sustained while trying to exit the mall.
The mall was cleared cleared to ensure that the suspects are gone.
On Twitter, the local police department announced that the mall was closed and residents should avoid the area.
Police said the mall will remain closed for the rest of the day.
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