Police said three people were shot and wounded during an apparent fight between two groups at a North Carolina mall crowded with shoppers the day after Thanksgiving. Authorities said one person was detained and there was no further threat to the public.
Authorities said in the late afternoon that one person was detained and there was no further threat to the public. A bystander described “mass hysteria” on one of the busiest shopping days of the year as shoppers ducked into stores for cover or ran for the exits.
She said those involved in the fight that led to the shooting fled, but she vowed more arrests. She said there was no further threat to the public. Shoppers described a chaotic scene after the shots echoed through the mall, with some people taking cover in stores and others rushing for the exits. She took cover in a store herself, and she and others were directed to the dressing rooms in the back. One customer played a police scanner on his cellphone and kept people updated on what he heard, she said.
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