A gunman opened fire in a US shopping mall packed with Christmas Eve shoppers.
Witnesses say the
gunman fired seven shots at the Northlake Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina
yesterday.
An off-duty police
officer shot the gunman shortly after the chaos unfolded he was pronounced dead
at the scene by medics.
It is believed at least
one other person was injured in the shooting.
A police statement said
an argument broke out between two groups of people before shots were fired.
A spokesman for
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said: "There was one armed subject
that was shot during the altercation and he was pronounced deceased on scene by
Medic.
"No officers were
injured during this shooting."
The gunman was seen
lying motionless on the floor of a nearby shoe store following the incident.
Panicked shoppers were
seen rushing out of the mall in fear after shots were fire near an Apple Store
inside the complex.
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