Three Dead In Maryland Mall Shooting

One of the dead is believed to be the shooter. A lockdown has ended and police are letting shoppers leave the mall.

Police said a 911 call at about 11:15 a.m. EST reported that shots had been fired at the mall, a sprawling shopping center with about 200 stores about 30 miles north of Washington, D.C.

Colin Reddy, who works at the mall, told CNN he “heard a loud boom.”

“We thought it was construction because there’s a lot of construction going on at the mall right now. Then I heard it again. Like ‘boom, boom, boom’. And then everybody started running,” he said.

The police department is advising people to avoid the area.

By: Cheston Catalano

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