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Reports of ‘active shooter’ situation at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin shopping mall, police and ambulances on the scene 8 injured after shooter opens fire inside Wauwatosa, Wisconsin shopping mall, suspect at large
(about 3 hours later)
Dozens of police vehicles and several ambulances have been dispatched to the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dozens of police vehicles and several ambulances were dispatched to the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a gunman opened fire and injured eight people, including a teenager.
Officers were responding to “a very active” situation on Friday afternoon, police told the media without offering additional details. Local outlets spoke of several people injured, citing police scanner traffic, but there has been no official confirmation. Wauwatosa Chief of Police Barry Weber confirmed that eight people were injured in the incident on Friday, but noted that their current status is unknown.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner denied they were summoned to the scene, saying they were responding to a murder elsewhere instead. “Everybody was alive at that time... so there’s not been any fatalities that I’m aware of,” he said during a brief press conference.
The roads surrounding the mall have been closed off for what police called an “emergency incident.” The suspect has yet to be identified by police, Weber went on, but said he is believed to be a white male in his 20s or 30s, calling on the public for any information that would help the investigation. The chief was asked about the shooter’s whereabouts and whether he remained holed up in the mall, but Weber replied “We don’t know that.”
The FBI’s Milwaukee office noted that agents were “currently responding” to back up police on the scene. Footage from the Mayfair Mall showed a swarm of police and vehicles responding to the shooting on Friday afternoon. Some 75 officers were dispatched to the mall as shoppers were evacuated through the Macy’s department store.
News helicopters hovering over the mall showed two people being loaded into ambulances outside, while unofficial reports said the total number of injured may be five or more. People could be seen being loaded on stretchers into ambulances amid the bustling police presence.
The roads surrounding the mall were closed off for what police called an “emergency incident.”
A woman inside the Macy’s store told WISN-TV that she heard between 8 and 12 gunshots. Another witness said she saw “a group of kids just running out of the mall.”A woman inside the Macy’s store told WISN-TV that she heard between 8 and 12 gunshots. Another witness said she saw “a group of kids just running out of the mall.”
“Everyone seems to be coherent. It’s just in appendages. Nothing fatal at this point,” an officer responding to the scene radioed dispatchers, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.
Some 75 police officers were on the scene as the shooter is still at large, Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride said in a statement, adding that multiple people were injured and were being evacuated through the Macy’s department store.
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