Several people shot as gunman opens fire at Oregon mall

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  • Joe234
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    • Apr 2010
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    Several people shot as gunman opens fire at Oregon mall

    One more for the NRA


    http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/us/ore...ing/?hpt=hp_t1



    A gunman opened fire at a mall outside Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, a sheriff's official said.




    (CNN) -- A gunman opened fire at a mall outside Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, a sheriff's official said.
    Authorities believe at least one person was killed in the shooting at the Clakamas Town Center mall, said James Rhodes of the Clakamas County Sheriff's Office.


    The shooter "has been neutralized," Rhodes said, and there is no longer active shooting at the mall.


    "Multiple victims" have been shot, said Public Safety Director Steve Campbell of the city of Happy Valley.


    Witnesses told CNN affiliate KOIN that officials had said the situation was under control. Sheriff's officials confirmed that two people had been shot, the affiliate said.


    The two-story mall is in Clackamas, Oregon, about 11 miles southeast of downtown Portland and is anchored with such stores as Sears, JC Penney and Macy's, according to its website.


    There were 10 ambulances on scene after the shooting, Randy Lauer of American Medical Response said.


    Inside Sears, some customers cried as word spread of the shooter going store to store, Christina Fisher told KOIN.


    "We were told to stand in a group by the top of the escalators and stay away from the windows out of the aisle. ... We stood there for probably a good 20 minutes," she said. "All of the sudden somebody came through with a radio, yelling 'Get down!'"
  • Joe234
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    A Google Maps street view of Clackamas Town Center Mall in Portland, Ore., where a shooting occurred on Dec. 11, 2012. (Google Maps)















    By DEAN SCHABNER
    Dec. 11, 2012

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/oregon-mall...8#.UMfcx6y8q0s

    At least one person is dead and several people are wounded this evening after a masked shooter opened fire at Clackamas Town Center, a mall in suburban Portland, Ore.

    Police said the shooter had been "neutralized," but would not say whether the person was alive or dead.

    "This is no longer an active shooter," Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. James Rhodes said. "I believe the shooter has been neutralized and we are securing the mall, securing the scene and treating the wounded."


    There was not an exact count of those killed or wounded, he said.


    "We know there are multiple wounded," he said. "Lifeline has landed to treat at least one of those wounded and we're set up to treat them as we find them as we search the mall."


    Hundreds of people were evacuated from the busy mall full of holiday shoppers after the shooting began at around 3:30 p.m. PT.


    Witnesses described seeing a gunman who looked like a teenager with a white hockey mask, wearing what was believed to be a black, bulletproof vest and carrying an assault rifle.


    The person entered the mall through a Macy's store, ran through the upper level of Macy's and opened fire near the mall food court, firing multiple shots, one right after another, with what is believed to be a black, semiautomatic rifle, according to witness reports.



    Witnesses described the shooter as being on a mission and determined, looking straight ahead.


    Those interviewed said that Macy's shoppers and store employees huddled in a dressing room to avoid being found.


    Evan Walters told ABC News Radio that he was locked in a store for his safety and he saw two people shot and heard multiple gunshots.


    "It was over 20, and it was kind of surreal because we hear pops and loud noises," he said. "We're next to the food court here and we hear pops and loud noises all the time, but we don't -- nothing like that. It was very definite gunshots."




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    Clackamas Town Center shooting: At least 2 shot dead, more injured by man with rifle


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    http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamasc..._shooting.html


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