San Francisco Bay Area police are investigating the shooting of at least one man at a shopping mall outside San Jose on Saturday evening.
Employees and customers inside the Great Mall in Milpitas were asked to shelter in place as officers responded to the situation, according to the Milpitas Police Department. Search teams are systematically searching all stores that were sheltering in place, and will be escorting employees and customers out into the parking lot, Milpitas Police said in a tweet. Officers and detectives remain on scene and are actively investigating this incident.
Santa Clara County Sheriff officers investigate a shooting at the Great Mall in Milpitas, California on Saturday
Updated on December 21, 2020 at 12:22 am
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Hundreds of people sheltered in place at Great Mall in Milpitas Saturday as the Milpitas Police Department investigated a shooting.
Police responded to a reports of shots fired at around 5:16 p.m. and found a 22-year-old San Francisco resident suffering from non-life threatening wounds.
After hours of investigation, detectives from the Special Investigations Unit confirmed the 22-year-old male suffered self-inflicted wounds and was not involved in any type of violence.
In a statement, police said stores were asked to shelter in place while people were being safely evacuated out of the mall. Two people were transported to local hospitals due to unrelated medical emergencies.
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