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Police are investigating a shooting at Jefferson Mall that left one person hospitalized.
The shooting was reported sometime around 5pm on Monday. Police said no shots were fired inside the mall.
A fight took place inside the mall and then shots were fired in the parking lot, according to police.
Officials said one person was taken to hospital in critical condition. They said the victim was a male in his late teens.
Police said it was not a random act and that the people involved knew each other.
At this time, the police said they could confirm that a shooter was present and that the suspect was on the loose.
They also said there was no active shooter. The scene is secured, but they are asking people to avoid the area.
The report of the shooting came around 4:45 p.m. at the Outer Loop mall in Okolona. LMPD said the scene was safe until 5:25 p.m
Lt. Col. Steve Healy of LMBD said the altercation between two people who knew each other started inside the mall. A man in his late teens was shot outside the mall by a male suspect who fired several shots.
“No one was hurt as far as we know now,” Healy said. “We’re still going through video of that to determine exactly how many people were involved. We know we had one shooter and one victim.”
The victim was transferred to the university hospital in critical condition.
Shoppers were sheltered in stores after the shooting as LMPD’s SWAT team cleared the mall. Healy said there would be a “central collection point” near the food court for people who were in the mall.
“While they’re doing the interviews and making sure everybody’s okay, and then they’re going to nominate them,” Healy said. “We will make sure that everyone inside the mall, once they clear each individual store, and then they will be able to exit the mall.”
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Devon Ballard was buying jewelry for his wife at the time; He said he overheard an argument that led to the shooting.
“That’s when I heard the gunshots,” he said, “but I didn’t think, you know, it was gunshots at first.”
Ballard told WHAS11 News he was thinking of a way to get out and get to his car as he ran to leave the mall.
Police said the scene was brought under control shortly after the incident and said there was no active shooter.
The victim was taken to UofL Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
For the families inside, the scene was terrifying. Amia Gross, 9, was at the mall to see Santa. She clung to her mother as she told WHAS11 News what was going on in her head.
“Is this when I’m going to lose my mom?” She said. “I was just screaming because I didn’t know what was going to happen at that last moment.”
Her mother, Carrie Gross, described the look of panic on her child’s face.
“It was so scary,” she said, “I looked at her again and her face looked like she had seen a ghost. We grabbed our things and ran.”
The two are grateful to be with each other tonight and pass on the prayer to another family, somewhere in Louisville, worried about their son.
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Louisville Metro Police is searching for the suspect in the shooting, who remains at large. Police could not believe the suspect was at the mall hours after the shooting.
Anyone with information that could lead to an arrest is asked to call the Anonymous Party line at 574-LMPD (5673) or use the Anonymous Crime Information Portal .
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And Yates simply added that the planet is in decline. “This area is horrible. I think it’s kind of difficult. Truthfully, it’s a little sad, but there’s nothing I can do. Marcel Noah drove his daughter to the shopping mall. She works at Old Navy. Noah said you simply feel hopeless. I was just trying to keep my composure while reaching for it.
“I heard from my daughter , ” Noah said.
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