Police Respond To Shooting At Miami Mall
At Least 2 People Injured
POSTED: 11:50 am EST December 1,
2008
UPDATED: 12:51 pm EST December 1,
2008
MIAMI -- Authorities responded to a shooting at Dadeland Mall in suburban Miami on Monday morning.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Eddy Ballester said one person was transported to the hospital by helicopter with reported gunshot wounds. Officials were attending to another victim on the scene. The gender of the two victims and their specific injuries were unknown.Fire-Rescue got a telephone call at 11:17 a.m. with a report of one person shot.
Aerial news footage of the scene showed a Dunbar armored car parked in front of the mall surrounded by police and Miami-Dade fire rescue officials. Police said the mall was temporarily closed.Jorge Divo was in the food court when he saw a crowd of shoppers running. He said they were screaming "that someone had been shot."
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