Kansas City TV station KMBC reported that there are multiple victims and that there is a continuing search for possibly more victims inside the center. The Target store is on the north end of the Ward Parkway Shopping Center, and there was crime scene tape shown in live video from the scene.
Witnesses told the TV station that it was an “absolutely terrifying” experience. The shooter apparently started shooting in another part of the mall, then went to the Target store and continued shooting, KMBC reported. People said they fled from the store and others started hiding in the aisles.
Witness Travis Johnson told CNN that he was at the register when he heard people screaming and crying and saw them running toward the door. He said he then heard shooting.
Very little is known about the shooter, but all indications suggest that the attack was an unprovoked incident, KMBC reported.