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'Five shot' in US shopping centre Five killed in US shopping centre
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Five people have been shot at a shopping centre in the US city of Chicago, authorities say. Five women have been shot dead at a shopping centre in the US city of Chicago, local police have said.
Local media quoted police as saying four people had been killed in the shooting, in the southern suburb of Tinley Park. The incident happened at the Brookside Marketplace in the suburb of Tinley Park, police Sergeant T J Grady said.
The incident happened at about 1045 (1645 GMT) in a Lane Bryant clothing store, in Brookside Marketplace shopping centre. Sgt Grady said officers found the victims inside a Lane Bryant clothing store shortly after receiving an emergency call at 1045 (1645 GMT).
A suspect in the shooting is reported to have fled the scene. A suspect in the shooting is reported to have fled the scene. Police have yet to establish a motive for the attack.
Police Sgt T J Grady said officers responding to an emergency call found the victims inside Lane Bryant. He said police had yet to establish a motive for the shooting. Witnesses said that following the incident police shut down nearby shops and searched the area with their guns drawn.
"Every store was immediately canvassed and a search by air, too, has given us every indication that the offender has left the scene," he added. "Every store was immediately canvassed and a search by air, too, has given us every indication that the offender has left the scene," Sgt TJ Grady told reporters.
He said police were looking for a black man about 5ft 9 inches tall and weighing 230 to 260 pounds, dressed in a black waist-length winter coat, a black cap and black jeans.He said police were looking for a black man about 5ft 9 inches tall and weighing 230 to 260 pounds, dressed in a black waist-length winter coat, a black cap and black jeans.
Witnesses said police shut down nearby shops and searched the area with their guns drawn. The Lane Bryant shop was open at the time of the shootings, but Sgt Grady refused to say whether the women killed were customers or staff.
He said that the authorities are still trying to contact the victims' families.