Shooting in a mall there. North korea has launched a longrange rocket despite international objection. Lets go out front. Good evening, everyone. Im Ashleigh Banfield in for erin burnett. A deadly shooting in a crowded Shopping Mall in a suburb of oregon. Three people including the gunman are confirmed dead. One other is in critical condition. The Authorities Say the gunman died of a self inflicted gunshot and that no shots were fired by Law Enforcement. We have new video taken from inside of the mall. Look at the scene as police were clearing this mall and evacuating some of the frightened shoppers to safety. Many of them holding their hands above their heads and holding their children at the same time. Witnesses are describing a scene of complete chaos as the shots rang out near the food court in the mall 3. 30 p. M. Local time. There are reports that the shooter was wearing a flak jacket and hockey mask as he moved throughout the mall firing an assault rifle. Outside of macys, gunsh
Portland, oregon. Is this new video from inside the mall. Fshs the gunman was ablgting alone. Two were dead, one indicaticly wounded, several more with lighter injuries. And the gun man killed selfinflicted gunshot wound. Two dead, one trance ported to trauma. Additionally, i can confirm that the shooter is dead of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. By all accounts, theres no rounds fired by Law Enforcement in the mall today. No rounds no rounds fired. Well take all questions at the end. No rounds fired by Law Enforcement today in the mall. Again were wrapping up our search of the mall and releasing everybody at the scene. We have a lot of work to do as far as gathering witness statements before everybody is released from the scene. Im asking for family and friends to still be a little patient before we get everybody released from the mall. If you have questions contact the sheriffs office. Id like to introduce the pio for the sheriffs office. Ive been in contact with the mall ma
Astronomers. Did you feel that . It happened. I hear thats super dangerous. Good morning and welcome to early start. As 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, it was an afternoon of horror for Holiday Shoppers in suburban portland. Police say 10,000 people were inside the Clackamas Town Center when a gunman opened fire. Mass chaos followed. Three were dead, including the gunman, and a young woman left critically wounded. The mall is supposed to be a place that we can all take our families, feel comfortable that this is a great place, especially the hole diday seaso like this. These things arent supposed to happen. Lets get right to the scene. Dan, what can you tell us . Reporter well, the main question this morning, and its really the question anytime you have one of these shootings, is who was the shooter, what was the motive, and were any of the victims targeted or was it simply random. At this point we dont know any of that. When we do know is it started about 3 30 in the afternoon, the
But first, to portland, oregon, where a gunman opened fire in a mall crowded with Holiday Shoppers. Abcs Neal Karlinsky is outside the macys where it all began. Good morning, neal. Reporter george, good morning. This is where much of the shooting happened, inside the food court, here, next to the macys. This is a very popular mall. It was filled with Holiday Shoppers at the time of the shooting. A random and senseless rampage that could have been even worse. Cell phone video shows the chaos soon after the shooting. Customers, even a little girl, being led out with their hands up. You said an active shooter . Yeah. Theres one person saying that theres a man with a rifle. Near the food court. Reporter it was 3 20 p. M. , when Christmas Songs over the Clackamas Town Center sound system, were suddenly drowned out by the rapid fire of gunshots. He was moving around, pointing the gun at people. People were falling to the ground and crying. Theres people bailing out like crazy from everywhere
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