The extent of the injuries is unknown, according to the Columbia Police Department, South Carolina. Police evacuate the Columbiana Center. Police did not specify the type of injuries.
Police are assessing the scene, according to WIS, a branch of CNN, and the main entrance to the mall is closed. Parts of I-26 near Harbison, South Carolina, have been closed, WIS reported. A reunion site has been set up near the mall, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. The site is open to “those who have loved ones involved in the shooting at the Columbiana Mall,” the department tweeted.
The meeting place is the Fairfield Inn on 320 Columbiana Drive.
Authorities are urging people in the area to be careful, as this will be a “high-traffic area”.
Columbiana Center Mall is about 10 miles from downtown Columbia.
This story is evolving.
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