Death In A Utah Mall
No real details yet. A gunman walked into a mall in Utah and opened fire. Five people – so far – are dead with many others wounded. The shooter was killed.
SALT LAKE CITY – A gunman entered a shopping mall and began randomly opening fire on customers Monday night, killing five people and injuring many others before he was killed, police said.
More than three hours later, police were searching stores for shocked shoppers and employees who were hunkered down awaiting a safe escort from the Trolley Square mall.
This is awful.
UPDATE: More from television station KUTV in Salt Lake City.
(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY A man in a trench coat pulled a 12 gauge shotgun and opened fire at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square on Monday evening, killing five people and injuring several more, police say. The gunman also died in the shooting.
Witnesses report that as many as 20 shots were fired inside the shopping center, which houses many stores and restaurants that are popular with families. (
Official statement from Trolley Square)
"Bang, bang, bang, stop… bang, bang, stop." said one witness, who described a continuous barrage of gunshots inside the mall. "They were reloading… you could smell the gun powder."
Matt Lund, whose wife manages a clothing store, said he saw a woman's body face-down at the entrance to Pottery Barn Kids. He locked himself and four others inside a storage room for about 40 minutes, isolated but still able to hear the violence.
"We heard them say, 'Police! Drop your weapon!' Then we heard shotgun fire. Then there was a barrage of gunfire," Lund, 44, said. "It was hard to believe."
Numerous wounded, but still no accurate count.
