Predstavnici šoping mola su potvrdili da je zatvoren, ali nisu objavili razlog, dok je lokalna policija potvrdila da je bilo pucnjave.
Incident se odigrao nešto pre 15 sati po lokalnom vremenu.
Na video snimku objavljenom na Tviteru vidi se kako ljudi u panici beže iz tržnog centra.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vclzuGbVLxU
Prema navodima pojedinih medija, pucnjava se čula ispred tržnog centra i pretpostavlja se da se neka naoružana osoba sada krije u tom objektu.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iE2TdE22SBQ
Eyewitness reports of shots fired at North Carolina mall: Crabtree Valley Mall was placed on lockdown Saturda… https://t.co/lHgou2vpEd
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— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 13, 2016
#BREAKING: Hundreds of people
emerge from North Carolina mall
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