Posted on 12/14/2019 3:05:28 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
ATLANTA -- A shooting that wounded one person in a mall food court sent suburban Atlanta shoppers fleeing in panic Saturday.
The Cobb County Police Department says the person was wounded at Cumberland Mall after 1 p.m., and that the shooting suspect then ran away. The victim was taken to a hospital, but police didn't identify the person or describe the extent of the victim's injuries.
Police said they have identified a suspect and are looking for him.
Three witnesses told The Associated Press they saw a man bleeding on the floor of the mall's food court after shots were heard. None of the witnesses would identify themselves.
Videos posted online showed people with shopping bags running in all directions from the food court, with some hiding under counters and tables. Shoppers reported that store employees in some cases told them to hide in stockrooms.
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Cumberland mall is not the greatest place anyway and worse at Christmas. one of my girlfriends had a guy try to grab her purse there one year. She pulled back so hard that he stumbled forward and she brought her knee up under his chin. A security guard just happened to be a few yards away. The perp was laying on the floor bleeding. They had to call the EMTs to come treat him before hauling him off to jail.
I understand your point....But given the fact there were shoppers running all over the place, it wouldn't have been a very safe thing to do.
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