12-24-2021 , 05:41 AM
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Published 3 hours ago
Chicago-area mall shooting leaves several injured, one person in custody
Police believe two people exchanged gunfire inside the shopping center
By Louis Casiano | Fox News At least four people were shot, including a suspect in custody, after a gunfire exchange in a Chicago-area mall that sent shoppers running for cover, police said Thursday.
The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. in a corridor near a Nordstrom department store at the Oakbrook Center mall, Oak Brook police Chief James Kruger said. Authorities believe two people were engaged in a shootout. "We believe that two individuals that were known to each other shot at each other, and potentially three would have been struck by gunfire either directly or by ricochet," Kruger told Fox affiliate WFLD-TV.
An Oak Brook police officer working a detail at Nordstrom overheard the gunshots and radioed authorities. Both suspects ran into the Nordstrom in an attempt to flee, Kruger said.
The four people shot were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A fifth person sustained an ankle injury while fleeing the area.
One of the four people wounded is believed to be one of the offenders, Kruger said. Another person of interest was in custody and authorities said a third suspect may be at-large.
The mall was locked down as police continue to investigate what led to the shooting. "We have SWAT teams that are going store-to-store in order to clear each store and to make sure that there isn't another possible offender," the chief said.
Investigators have recovered an unspecified weapon, said Kruger. The identities of the suspect and victims have not been released.
In a statement, Oak Brook Center thanked the police department "for their diligence in leading this developing investigation."
"Tonight’s isolated incident is extremely upsetting for our shopping center community," the statement said. The shooting came hours after a suspect and 14-year-old girl were killed in a Burlington Coat Factory in Los Angeles. Officers opened fire on the suspect and the girl was struck by a bullet that pierced a wall and struck her as she was in a dressing room, police said.
Published 3 hours ago
Chicago-area mall shooting leaves several injured, one person in custody
Police believe two people exchanged gunfire inside the shopping center
By Louis Casiano | Fox News At least four people were shot, including a suspect in custody, after a gunfire exchange in a Chicago-area mall that sent shoppers running for cover, police said Thursday.
The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. in a corridor near a Nordstrom department store at the Oakbrook Center mall, Oak Brook police Chief James Kruger said. Authorities believe two people were engaged in a shootout. "We believe that two individuals that were known to each other shot at each other, and potentially three would have been struck by gunfire either directly or by ricochet," Kruger told Fox affiliate WFLD-TV.
An Oak Brook police officer working a detail at Nordstrom overheard the gunshots and radioed authorities. Both suspects ran into the Nordstrom in an attempt to flee, Kruger said.
The four people shot were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A fifth person sustained an ankle injury while fleeing the area.
One of the four people wounded is believed to be one of the offenders, Kruger said. Another person of interest was in custody and authorities said a third suspect may be at-large.
The mall was locked down as police continue to investigate what led to the shooting. "We have SWAT teams that are going store-to-store in order to clear each store and to make sure that there isn't another possible offender," the chief said.
Investigators have recovered an unspecified weapon, said Kruger. The identities of the suspect and victims have not been released.
In a statement, Oak Brook Center thanked the police department "for their diligence in leading this developing investigation."
"Tonight’s isolated incident is extremely upsetting for our shopping center community," the statement said. The shooting came hours after a suspect and 14-year-old girl were killed in a Burlington Coat Factory in Los Angeles. Officers opened fire on the suspect and the girl was struck by a bullet that pierced a wall and struck her as she was in a dressing room, police said.