The shooter was still on the run, the mayor said.
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Eight people were injured in a shooting at a U.S. mall in Wisconsin on Friday, according to police, who said they were still looking for the shooter.
The FBI and the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that their officers were on the scene at the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, supporting the “active” response from local police.
“When emergency personnel arrived, the shooter was no longer at the scene,” the Wauwatosa Police Department said in a statement.
He said that among the injured were seven adults and a teenager who had been rushed to hospital. The severity of his injuries was not immediately known, but Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride told ABC News that his injuries were not life threatening.
The assailant was identified by the police as a “white male between the ages of 20 and 30”.
Numerous mall workers took refuge inside the building when the shooter wreaked havoc, according to videos circulating on social media.
Buyer Jill Wooley told a local news station that she was inside with her 79-year-old mother when the shooting broke out.
“I knew right away it was a gunshot and they kept coming one after another,” Wooley told CBS affiliate WDJT. “We just dropped to the ground.”
“I think we are all born with it,” he said. “We’ve all been exposed to public shootings like this. I think we’ve all thought about what we would do in a situation like this.”
“We are discouraged and angry that our guests and tenants were the target of this violent incident today,” the company that operates the mall said in a statement.
“We are grateful to our partners at the Wauwatosa Police Department and are cooperating with them as their investigation unfolds,” he added.
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