Jul 16 | by
The weekend kicked off with a frightening shootout at the most popular mall in Houston, TX this evening. Details below on the officer-involved shooting where the suspect is still at-large, and first hand stories of mall goers taking cover in stores.
Around 7:50p EST tonight at the Houston Galleria, shots rang out.
According to Houston PD, off duty police officers were alerted of shots being fired inside near the food court. Then, one suspect shot a male complainant in between the garage and a door of the mall. When the suspect saw one of the officers, he shot at the officer. The officer shot back, but it's unknown if the other person was hit. The complainant was shot in the leg and is currently in surgery at the hospital. It's unknown what led to the initial shooting of the complainant.