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Officials wearing tactical gear walk outside of Garden State Plaza Mall. Julio Cortez/AP/Press Association Images
Shooting
Gunman opens fire in New Jersey shopping centre
Police have yet to detain the man responsible for the shooting.
POLICE IN NEW Jersey are searching for a man who opened fire in a busy shopping centre last night.
Authorities believe the shooter is still in the 2.2-million-square-foot mall. SWAT teams have concentrated the search operation in the northeast corner, near a Nordstrom store.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers converged on the mall after witnesses said multiple shots were fired there at about 9.30pm (local time).
“We are searching for a shooter,” the mayor of the town of Paramus, Richard Labarbiera, told reporters outside the Garden State Plaza Mall.
“Everyone is safe. No one has been injured,” he continued.
Julio Cortez/AP/Press Association Images
The mall is about 12 miles from Manhattan and is home to about 300 stores. Thousands of people were evacuated following the reports of gunfire.
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