Man killed, teenage girl wounded in shooting at Fashion Outlets mall in Rosemont

ROSEMONT, Unwell. (CBS CHICAGO) – A taking pictures Friday night at the Trend Shops of Chicago in Rosemont remaining a man dead and a teenage woman wounded.

Law enforcement say there also may possibly be a third sufferer who fled the scene. Two suspects also fled.

Police claimed late Friday that they were being identified as to the mall for a number of stories of pictures fired. They identified two confirmed victims, equally of whom were being in to begin with in crucial condition when they ended up taken to location hospitals.

One particular sufferer, a male in his mid-20s, was pronounced useless at the clinic. A 15-calendar year-old lady was stabilized at the hospital.

Police described the gunmen as men in their mid-20s. They are thought to have remaining the scene in a pink car.

Police explained the shooting was an isolated incident and reported there was no active shooter at the mall.

Law enforcement stated a number of locations of the mall have been cordoned off with law enforcement tape and will be shut for the speedy upcoming.

As CBS 2′s Charlie De Mar reported, people today had been viewed clearing out of the mall in droves at 9 p.m.

Multiple people today instructed us they listened to quite a few pictures in the mall. People reported they hid in suppliers and aided many others get to security.

Neighborhood activist Stringer Harris was in the mall at the time. He documented on Fb Stay that he was in close proximity to the Prada shop on the next stage of the shopping mall when he listened to gunshots on the stage underneath.

Harris’ Facebook Live online video showed officers armed with extended guns strolling on the to start with degree of the shopping mall. A siren or alarm was also heard sounding all over the mall.

“I was upstairs procuring, and I listened to a couple of pictures go off, most likely about four or 5 shots – they sounded like they arrived from the food stuff court docket area – at which time people begun to operate,” Stringer claimed. “They dropped their outfits no matter what they ended up shopping for, they just actually dropped it and begin running. They picked up their little ones onto their have shoulders and just began managing.”

“I operate on the 3rd floor at Tory Burch, so I was in the again, but I was not truly in a position to listen to just about anything,” a woman additional. “I just know a good deal of folks arrived to the again room, and that’s when people had been indicating that they listened to, like, gunshots, but it was far more like numerous gunshots. It was not just like a single bullet or anything like that.”

As of just before 9 p.m., officers were evacuating the shopping mall of all civilians keep by retail outlet. They say the place is risk-free, but however an lively criminal offense scene.

Afterward, police began evacuating the mall and likely retail store by shop to get everyone out.

Police set up a reunification position for men and women who bought misplaced at the Caddy Shack cafe in the 9000 block of West Balmoral Avenue. They say anyone wanting for mates and family members should really meet up with there.

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