UPDATE: Due to conflicting reports, custody of a suspect is UNCONFIRMED. Police and the FBI continues to do a store-to-store search within the mall. Forbes Hospital has put their emergency room on lock-down while search for a suspect remains underway.
Video report via WPXI
A shooting has been reported at the Monroeville Mall. Several people have been shot, 2 of the victims are in critical condition. Sources say that the shooting occurred in the Macy’s department store while other reports indicate shots were fired in a play area of the mall.
NFL and former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor witnessed the shooting.
Shortly after, mall security called to evacuate the entire mall.
Officials at Forbes Hospital say they’ve received three shooting victims.
Monroeville Mall was also host to a massive, three-hour long brawl consisting of multiple fights on December 26 As many as 1,000 people were involved in the incident.
Following today’s shooting, NFL quarterback Terrelle Pryor posted the following screen-capture, along with the tweets below.
Didn’t see who was shooting, saw two people drop though! I was looking but 10 more shots went off and was getting closer to me. Then I ran
— Terrelle Pryor (@TerrellePryor) February 8, 2015
Damn was just in monroeville mall and just saw 2 ppl get shot. They are letting guns go in there. — Terrelle Pryor (@TerrellePryor) February 8, 2015
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