Memphis Mall Shooting: Two People Wounded, One Arrested By Police

Memphis Mall Shooting: Two people were wounded and a third person suffered a medical problem on Thursday in a shooting stemming from a fight at a large mall in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, US police said.

Memphis police and other law enforcement agencies went to Wolfchase Galleria at about 4.50 pm after receiving an emergency call of shots being fired. The shooting came a day after a shooting at a mall in El Paso, Texas left one person dead and three others wounded.

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One was severely injured

In a tweet, the police officer wrote that officers found one man who was critically wounded. He was taken to a hospital by ambulance. Another man who was wounded was taken to a different hospital by a private car in non-critical condition.

It was not immediately known how they were shot. Police have detained one person who was found at the mall, Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee told the media. The mall was evacuated immediately after the police arrived at the spot of the incident.

A woman who had what police called a “medical episode” was taken to a hospital in non-critical condition. It was not immediately clear what that episode was.

The Wolfchase mall has large department stores, indoor shops, restaurants and a food court. Police were combing the mall in a protective sweep late Thursday and the shooting was still under investigation, Brownlee said.

Brownlee praised employees for following evacuation instructions learned in drills, including closing shops and leaving the building.

“Employees at the mall did exactly what they were taught to do,” Brownlee said.

Source PTI