Ten individuals had been injured by gunfire following a taking pictures incident on the Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia, South Carolina, Saturday afternoon, in response to police.

The incident passed off round 2:28 p.m., and officers responded to the scene and commenced going retailer to retailer evacuating individuals, police stated. The gunshot victims’ ages ranged from 15 to 75 years previous, Columbia Police Chief William Holbrook instructed reporters at a information convention later within the night.

As of Saturday night, two of the victims had been in essential however secure situation, Holbrook stated.

“What’s essential is that we’ve got no fatalities,” he instructed reporters.

Two different individuals had been injured through the stampede following the incident, Holbrook stated.

The chief stated that three people who he categorised as “individuals of curiosity” had been detained. The unidentified people had been seen armed and no less than considered one of them allegedly fired a shot, in response to Holbrook.

“We don’t imagine this was random,” he stated. “We imagine the people who had been armed knew one another.”

Retailer homeowners locked down and sheltered individuals in place because the police swept by the buying middle, Holbrook stated. They’re being reunited with their family and friends members.

Columbiana Centre tweeted a press release saying the violent incident was “extraordinarily upsetting and our ideas are with everybody impacted.”

“We’re grateful for the short response and continued assist of our safety group and our companions in legislation enforcement,” the mall stated in a press release.

The investigation is ongoing. Holbrook requested anybody with video or data associated to the taking pictures to name the police.

“We all know plenty of completely different individuals noticed plenty of various things. We’re asking them to take a second, clear your ideas and speak to legislation enforcement,” he stated.

Two of the 12 injured are at the moment hospitalized, ABC Information has realized.

Prisma Well being, a community of hospitals in South Carolina whose amenities acquired 11 victims, stated in a press release that 9 had been handled and launched. Prisma didn’t share the situation of the 2 remaining sufferers in its care.

A consultant for Lexington Medical Heart instructed ABC Information that nobody from the taking pictures was at the moment admitted. Police beforehand stated Lexington acquired victims.