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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Terrifying Shooting in Columbia Mall Leaves 3 Dead

The Epoch Times

COLUMBIA, Md.— The mall in suburban Baltimore was humming with weekend shoppers when, suddenly, shotgun blasts rang out on the upper level.

Panicked patrons in the food court below, others browsing in jewelry stores or undergoing facials scrambled for cover. Some ducked into nearby stores. Others hid in inventory rooms or barricaded themselves behind locked doors until police arrived.

Within 2 minutes of the first 911 call Saturday morning, police say officers arriving at the Mall in Columbia found three people dead, including the gunman. Police say a man with a shotgun had shot a man and a woman, both in their 20s, who worked at a skateboard shop. He then killed himself.
Five others were injured in the mid-morning shooting and its aftermath. All had been released from hospitals by Saturday evening.

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