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NOW.
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NOW. >>> CHAOS ERUPTS AT 4@4@CUMBER
MALL.4@
MALL.4@
MALL.4@ CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS RUN FOR
THEIR LIVES WHEN GUNSHOTS RANG
OUT IN THE BUSTLING FOOD COURT.
FAMILIES FEARING AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER.
SHOOTER.
SHOOTER. >> EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING 4@AND
RUNNING, SO I JUST STARTED
RUNNING WITH THEM. 4@
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, ON4@E
PERSON HOSPITALIZE AS THE
SEARCH FOR THE GUNMAN
CONTIN4@UES.
CONTIN4@UES. >>> AND GOOD EVENING.
LET'S GET LET'S GET TO OUR TOP
STORY TONIGHT.
STORY TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF SHOPPERS ARE STILL
SHAKEN TONIGHT AFTER BULLETS
STARTED FLYING THROUGH THE FOOD
COURT AT CUMBERLAND MALL THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. THINGS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO
CALM DOWN. 4@
WHAT HAPPENED?4@
WHAT HAPPENED?4@ >> Reporter: WELL, THE MALL
REOPENED ACTUALLY ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF GO.
BUT THE FOOD COURT WHERE THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED, THAT REMAINS
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. AND BEHIND ME, THERE IS A MESS
OF GLASS.
OF GLASS.
OF GLASS. PEOPLE WERE RUNNING OUT OF THE
MALL4@.
MALL4@.
MALL4@. AND YOU CAN AT LEAST SEE THE
DOORS ARE OFF OF THE TRACK.
NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WHERE
POLICE TELL US ONE MAN WAS
SHOT.
SHOT.
SHOT. WE
SHOT. WE KNOW HE WAS IN SURGERY
EARLIER AND IS EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE.
SURVIVE.
SURVIVE. WITNESSES AND PLEASE 4@TELL US
THERE WERE SOME SORT OF VERBAL
ALTERCATION IN THE FOOD COURT
AND THEN SHOTS WERE FIRED.
POLICE GOT HERE AND CLEARED THE
SCENE AND THEN THEY STARTED
RESCUING PEOPLE WHO WERE
BARRICADED INSIDE OF STORES,
FEARFUL THIS WAS A MASS
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. AND WE ARE TOLD THAT FEAR LED
TO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BEING
CHECKED OUT.
CHECKED OUT. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE MALL
THAT EXPERIENCED PANIC ATTACKS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE WOMEN WHO
ARE PREGNANT WANTED THEIR
BABIES TO BE CHECKED OUT.4@4@4@
>> AND POLICE TELL ME THEY ARE
WORKING TO FIND THE SUSPECT.
THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN OF A
DESCRIPTION OF HIM, BUT THEY
SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED HIM.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS
PEOPLE WERE POURING OUT OF THIS
MALL, AND THEY WERE TERRIFIED.
LIZA LUCAS TALKED WITH SEVERAL
WITNESSES MINUTES AFTER THE
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. >> WE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE
COMING OUT OF THE MALL WHO WERE
CLEARLY RATTLED BY WHAT
UNFOLDED.
UNFOLDED.
UNFOLDED. 4@
UNFOLDED. SEVERAL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO STAY
HEARD THE GUNFIRE.
>> LEFT THE FOOD COURT AND WENT
TO THE BATHROOM.
THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD THE 4@
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. THE SHOOTINGS STARTED.
OF ONE PANIC AND STARTED
RUNNING INSIDE OF THE STORE.
THEY ENDED UP PULLING US TO THE
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. >>
BACK. >> Reporter: DESCRIBING THE
CHAOS.
CHAOS.
CHAOS. >>
CHAOS. >> SOME PEOPLE -- IT WAS JUST4@
--
--
-- >>
-- >> I'M
-- >> I'M JUST SCARED RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T SAY.
>> I WAS IN THE STORE.
I WAS BUYING SOME SHOES.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
PEOPLE OUTSIDE JUST STARTED
SPRINTING AND STARTED
PANICKING.
PANICKING. >> THEY WALKED ALL KNOW THAT
THERE IS IN AND TOLD US TO RUN
TO THE BACK OF THE STORE.
EVERYONE WENT TO THE BACK OF
THE STORE.
THE STORE. >> I DID NOT4@ KNOW WHAT WAS
4@GOING ON.
4@GOING ON. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE
STAMPEDED BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS
SCREAMING AND RUNNING, SO I
JUST STARTED RUNNING WITH THEM.
>> Reporter: FOR MANY, WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A DAY OF 4@HOLID
SHOPPING TURNED INTO THE --
>> THE LAST 4@THING YOU THINK
ABOUT, WHEN YOU COME SHOPPING,
FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A GUN AND
START SHOOTING IN A CROWDED
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. IT
AREA. IT HAS THE LAST THIN4@G.
I MEAN, WE ARE SHOPPING FOR A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT. 4@ WE DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE.
>> I WAS SHAKEN.
I WAS SO SCARED.
I WAS SHAKEN.
EVERYONE WAS JUST TALKING.
THEY WERE STILL RUNNING ALL THE
WAY OUT THE STORE.
SO I'M STILL PRETTY SHOOK UP.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS LIZA
LUCAS REPO4@RTING THERE.
BECAUSE OF THE PANIC OF
EVERYTHING, PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY
LEFT THEIR THINGS BEHIND AS
THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF THE
MALL.
MALL.
MALL. THE
MALL. THE SECURITY HERE , THEY
ACTUALLY COLLECTED EVERYTHING.
THERE IS A NUMBER THAT YOU CAN
CALL TO COLLECT THOSE ITEMS.
WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION
LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE, ON
11ALIVE.COM.
11ALIVE.COM. AND OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS
THE SEARCH FOR THAT SUSPECT
CONTINUES. 4@
CONTINUES. 4@ >> THANKS.
>> THANKS. >>> MEAN 4@WELL, A COBB COUNTY
POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED
RESPONDING TO THAT MALL
SHOOTING WENT MOTORCYCLE
OFFICER HIT A CAR. HE WAS TAKEN
TO A HOSPITAL WITH MINOR
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED TODAY ON
THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 4@TH