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Gun attack at US shopping centre | Gun attack at US shopping centre |
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A gunman has opened fire in a shopping centre in the US state of Nebraska, wounding at least one person. | A gunman has opened fire in a shopping centre in the US state of Nebraska, wounding at least one person. |
Local television reported an elderly man had been shot in the attack. Other reports said as many as five were hurt. | |
Witnesses said a man was arrested. One report said he was dressed in camouflage clothing and was found hiding under a bench. | |
Police sealed the exits to the Westroads Mall in Omaha but would not say whether anyone had been detained. | Police sealed the exits to the Westroads Mall in Omaha but would not say whether anyone had been detained. |
Paramedics were seen ferrying stretchers into the building; at least one person was stretchered out. | |
The shooting apparently took place in the Von Maur department store. | |
Keith Fidler, a Von Maur employee, said he heard a burst of five to six shots followed by 15 to 20 more shots. | |
A worker from another shop said customers and employees were huddled in a storeroom. | |
"All we know was people were running and screaming down the hallway by Von Maur saying there was a shooting, and then [police] locked us down," she said. | |
Earlier in the day, President George W Bush had been in Omaha for a fundraiser, but he left the city before the shooting occurred. |