Florida This article is more than 9 years oldOne dead and two injured in shooting at mall in Melbourne, Florida
This article is more than 9 years old- Police tweet they are ‘currently working a shooting’
- Staff advised to leave mall by rear exits
Police said on Saturday one person is dead and two injured after shooting at a central Florida mall.
Police earlier said a “shooter” was “contained” at the scene.
The Melbourne Police Department tweeted around 10.30am that officers were “currently working a shooting” and “have control of [the] situation” at the Melbourne Square Mall.
Within half an hour, police tweeted again that the “shooter is contained” and that officers were clearing the mall store by store. Store employees were instructed to leave the mall through their rear entrances. Police said the mall was temporarily closed.
Additional information was not immediately available. Messages left for a police spokesman were not immediately returned. Mall security referred questions to the mall’s administrative offices.
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