Shooting injures 12 people in US Columbiana Centre mall in South Carolina as police detain three suspects and say they don’t believe it was “random”
The mall was being evacuated store-by-store and police urged anyone still sheltering inside to call 911 so that authorities could find them.
Workers from a couple of stores clustered in the mostly empty parking lot on Saturday evening said they had not heard or seen anything during the shooting but followed the mall’s alert system and were evacuated by police shortly after. They said they had been waiting hours ever since for police to let them back inside to retrieve their car keys and personal belongings so they could leave.“Today’s isolated, senseless act of violence is extremely upsetting and our thoughts are with everyone impacted," Columbiana Centre said in a statement.
"We are grateful for the quick response and continued support of our security team and our partners in law enforcement.”Here is a look outside the Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia, South Carolina earlier today. We are still waiting for a press conference from authorities. All I have right now is that there are multiple injuries after a shooting inside the mall.