Gunman shot and killed at Northlake Mall in Charlotte, NC

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -

A source tells WBTV that a gunman was shot and killed by an officer at Northlake Mall on Christmas Eve.

As last-minute shoppers were picking out their final gifts, witnesses say they heard several shots fired around 2:10 p.m.

It was a chaotic scene in Northlake Mall. Witnesses describe shoppers running out of stores screaming. Traffic appeared to be in a gridlock as people tried to leave the mall.

Witnesses say they saw people arguing before the gunfire.

According to medic, one person has a leg injury.

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MEDIC says they are treating one patient with a leg injury, one patient with an asthma attack and one patient in labor.

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(CNN)An altercation in a store at a mall in Charlotte, North Carolina, led to gunfire and one person getting shot, Shauntelle Hamrick, the manager of the Journeys shoe store, told CNN.

Hamrick says she watched as a group of people "ganged up" on a man. During the fight, someone pulled a gun, and a friend of the man was shot.

It is not clear how badly he is wounded.

Tiffany Archibald, with Medic 911 in Charlotte, said ambulances responded to an incident at the mall involving one patient with a leg injury, one pregnant patient in labor and one patient with an asthma attack.

A shopper at a Bebe store on the upper level of the mall told CNN the stores were extremely crowded. Lauren Malone was with her sister and mother in the store, which is above the shoe store, when she heard "boom, boom, boom."

Employees recognized the sounds as gunshots, locked the doors and escorted shoppers out the back door.

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Milhouse said:

meh just run of the mill gun violence

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Milhouse said:

meh just run of the mill gun violence

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