calls for a t shoshooting at th columbia mall. the shooting took place at the upper level above where the food court is in and outside a store called zumiez. it s been described to me as kind of a skateboard shop. multiple calls there as executive mentioned we were able to get officers on scene within two minutes based on our past training experiences, their afsers got into the mall very quickly. they were able to locate three people deceased from gunshot wounds. i want to clear up something because it s been circulating in some of the media that this has been reported by some as a domestic related incident. we have no knowledge of that yet. i ll get back to you in a second where we are in our investigation. it s been attributed to some sources. i m not sure where that information is coming from. the howard county police department has certainly been supported by a number of agencies responding to this but the howard county police department is investigating the