A shooting at a shopping mall in Washington state left one dead and two injured during a Halloween party Thursday evening.
The shots rang out as the Vancouver mall held a Halloween candy drive in the second-floor food court around 7:30 p.m., “The Columbian” reported.
The suspect allegedly shot a victim before hitting other people, Vancouver police spokesperson Kim Kapp told local media, adding that the police noticed the death when they arrived at the scene of the crime. of the victim as well as two injured people.
To deal with the satiation, the Vancouver police major crimes unit, Washington State Patrol, Clark and Cowlitz county sheriff’s offices, Longview and Kelso police and SWAT all intervened on the spot.
“Anyone confined in the shopping center can exit through any open exit. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the VPD hotline at 360 487-7399,” Vancouver police wrote on X.
Mr. Kapp said in a late evening news conference that no children were injured and that investigators were reviewing the mall’s surveillance cameras to try to identify the suspect or suspects who fled after the shooting. shooting, according to local media.
