and he entered this mall last night firing six rounds with what police say is a rifle made to like like an ak-47. chaos overnight in new jersey. we heard four gunshots. even was scared and panicked. we went in the back of the store and locked ourselves in with 13 people in total, including me. reporter: hundreds of police, s.w.a.t., and emergency teams swarm the mall in search of a gunman who authorities say fired six rounds just before closing time. the gunman, 20-year-old richard schoop was discovered dead just after 3:00 a.m. his body found lying in a remote area of law. authorities say he had a self-inflicted gunshot room. he s 20 years old and his body was discovered at 3:20 a.m. this morning, just about an hour ago with a self-inflicted
gun opens fire in a crowded place. his rampage came to a grim end at a new jersey mall. began with an explosion of gunfire late last night as the mall was closing. there were boom, and another boom and a last boom right after that. right after the second one. and then glass, glass everywhere. glass but no casualties despite a thick crowd of shoppers and mall employees. police now say ploos a bizarre possibility that the shooter may not have wanted to hurt anyone, instead he may have wanted to kill himself. with the discovery of his body, it appears he accomplished that although by his own hand. poppy harlow joins us live from paramus, new jersey. reporter: good morning. it s incredibly troubling and hard to believe that more people were not killed in this insurance department. the shooter is the only one who died. he s only 20 years old. his named is richard schoop.
gunshot wound to the head area. he himself went to the area where he did this. it was a very difficult area of the mall behind some construction. reporter: no one ems was nirngd in the shooting. state police say the gunman apparently fired shots at security cameras. he was wearing a red and black motorcycle helmet. he kind of had the gun in his hand aimlessly and he was walking past the apple store. he didn t seem angered. he was kind of just walking. reporter: authorities say schoop was carrying a rifle modified to look like an ac-47. it is not an ak-47. it s where you take the handgun and modify it to make it look like something it is not. but it is a lawful gun owned by the brother.