MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Police say a shooting inside a crowded Oklahoma mall has left one person dead and several injured in what witnesses described as a gunfight.Gunfire broke out late Saturday afternoon in the Arrowhead Mall in downtown Muskogee. The area was crowded with visitors attending the city's annual Azalea Festival.
Four people were taken to Muskogee Regional Medical Center, but a spokesman says their conditions haven't been released.
Police spokesman Pedro Zardeneta says it's unclear whether the person killed was among several involved in the shooting or a bystander.
Shoppers were told by a public-address announcement to quickly leave the mall around 4:15 p.m., and they gathered outside. Several say they heard four or five shots.
Does anybody else think this has to do with the proliferation of guns? Does anyone else think having a "gunfight" in the mall is a throwback to the wild west days, a mentality that is alive and well in Oklahoma?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
"Does anybody else think this has to do with the proliferation of guns? Does anyone else think having a "gunfight" in the mall is a throwback to the wild west days, a mentality that is alive and well in Oklahoma?"
ReplyDeleteMy guess is gangs and/or drugs. A mentality that is rapidly spilling out of the ghettos.
The local papers are saying they are searching for known suspects and the crime is being described as "gang related". No doubt JadeGuy will try to claim that they are all NRA members.
ReplyDeleteFWM is right.
ReplyDeleteTurned out to be a gang related shooting where two of the three suspects had criminal records and one of them had a pending arrest warrant.
You mean they were all prohibited persons illegally possessing guns acquired illegally and using them to commit illegal acts in an illegal gun-free zone?
ReplyDeleteReally, criminals would do that?
Huh.