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« on: January 26, 2014, 01:25:19 pm » |
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from the Baltimore Business Journal....Columbia Mall shooting leaves 3 deadBy STAFF REPORTERS | 2:43PM EST - Saturday, January 25, 2014THREE PEOPLE are dead after a shooting at the Mall in Columbia in Columbia, Maryland.
One of the three victims is the suspected shooter, according to the Howard County Police Department. Little information was available about the victims and the sudden spasm of violence at one of the region's largest shopping malls, located about halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Howard County Police Chief William J. McMahon said at a media briefing that the shootings took place in one store on the mall's upper level, not in the lower-level food court, as was earlier reported. McMahon also said police believed there was a single shooter.
Four other people were injured in the shootings and taken to Howard County General Hospital for treatment. All are expected to survive.
Police plan to hold another press conference at 4 p.m.
Shots were reported fired about 11:15 a.m., police said. The Mall in Columbia is anchored by several department stores and well-known restaurant chains as well as a 14-screen AMC Theatres. The mall, owned by General Growth Properties, is home to more than 200 businesses and completed a 70,000-square-foot expansion in 2013.
Like many malls in suburban communities, the Mall in Columbia is a hub not just of commerce but of social life for teens and families who live in and around the planned community, built by legendary developer James Rouse in the 1960s. The mall opened in 1971.
Howard County Police announced via Twitter that the mall "will be closed at least through tonight."
Social media reports described shoppers frantically fleeing the mall, shoppers and employees hiding in storage closets, and crowds of people being moved from the mall toward the movie theater. The mall remains on lockdown.• The Baltimore Sun has reporters and photographers on the scene.
• The Columbia Patch has several eyewitness accounts.http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/01/25/columbia-mall-shooting-leaves-3-dead.html?page=all
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