OK. We don't have a whole lot
of details, I can tell you.
There was no shooting inside the mall.
We don't have anybody shot.
There was some kind of altercation
between individuals outside the *****
Sears entrance in the parking lot.
The evidence techs are out there
recovering shell casings now.
But there's this is no active shooter.
Obviously there was something
between these individuals.
We're being told multiple
individuals were involved and we're
basically shooting at each other.
You know how many individuals are involved?
No, I can't confirm any of that right now.
It's just so early on.
We do have some eye witnesses,
investigators are in on the scene
you know they'll be taken back
and interviewed as a precaution.
Yes, the malls being cleared,
we're setting up places outside
Applebee's where family can
come pick up their loved ones.
But right now there is no
active shooter at the mall.
There was not an active shooter.
It came out as that, understandably so.
And as you see the response was
as if there was an active shooter,
but that is not the case.
Have you guys completed your
suite for them all? No, they're.
Right now, they're just going through.
A lot of the stores will go on
lockdown and so. You know the officers.
Go in there and make sure. Let them know.
Hey, you can open your gate.
You people are safe.
We'll escort you out.
So you said you found
shells outside the mall.
Spent shell casings?
Yes. From the firearm.
So what? No, no shots.
There were shots fired outside the mall.
Yes, it was outside of the mall.
Just over there.
Outside of between Dixon.
The Sears entrance.
Emotions that go through your
office is when you're called out to
something like this just five months
after. No, I mean,
you probably got a dozen
police agencies right here,
right now, and countless.
Fire agencies, medics,
you know the response is overwhelming.
As it should be.
You know when you think you
have another mass shooter
going on in your mall, so.
You know. You plan for the worst
and you hope for the best and.
Our response is that it was the worst
and now we're finding out it wasn't,
you know, as bad.
Any suspects in custody or you guys
know we don't have anybody in custody.
I know they have suspect descriptions.
I don't have that for you yet.
And we probably won't have
that till probably.
Late late tonight or early tomorrow,
you know, we'll be able to
push something out to all the
news organizations as far as.
If we're still looking for
someone at that time and and who
or if we know what do you think
this says about just the.
I mean we had the shooting over
the summer here we had this what
do you think this says just
about this communities still
you know being shaken up by what
happened here earlier this year.
I mean it's it's terrible that.
People have to fear stuff like this.
You know, obviously if I knew the
answer to something like that,
I would be in a different profession
and probably be retired right now.
So, you know, I don't know
why people act this way.
I've been a police officer for 30 years.
I'll never understand
why people act that way.
And I don't think anybody really does.
I this level of violence,
Greenwood's a safe community.
I've seen the worst greenwoods had
to put out over the last 30 years.
I live in this community.
I've raised my family in this community.
I don't think any community likes anything
like this happening in their city.
We as a Police Department
certainly don't like it happening
and we take it very seriously.
Were there any injuries? No.
There was a one person was
reported injured from falling
and hurting their knee.
What's the process
like getting everybody out loud?
Speaker, what do you guys do?
No, it's Oh my God it's so cold.
It's always pandemonium at 1st and. You
know, we've trained for this,
the malls trained for this.
We've had training at the mall,
all these stores,
almost every business in the
city plans for stuff like this.
Now unfortunately,
we have officers that we send out to train.
Businesses and their employees
on how to respond to something
like this. How
much harder does this weather
make it for you guys?
Recover evidence and just be safe.
Feel my lips right now, but yes, obviously.
We have a thing in law enforcement.
We never have scenes like this one.
The weather's nice,
so it's just part of the business.
Yes, this type of weather
makes it brutally difficult.
To work a scene like this, even to have
this presser, is brutal right now.
Thank you so much. You're welcome.
You're tougher than us.
Are you guys expecting to do any other
kind of updates or just really nothing
because it's pretty done and over, yeah.
This would be if the detectives follow up.