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| Shoppers walk past a stores in a mall in Columbia, Maryland |
Washington
(AFP) - Three people were killed in a shooting at a popular shopping
mall in Columbia, Maryland, a suburb of the US capital, authorities said
Saturday.
Howard County Police
announced the fatalities via Twitter and urged people inside the
suburban Columbia Mall "to stay in place." It said one of the dead was
"located near gun and ammunition."
News
reports said that the mall, located about 45 minutes outside
Washington, was on "lockdown" because of an "active shooter situation."
Howard County Fire and Rescue tweeted they were en route to the scene, and urged local residents to "avoid area."
