A suspect who shot at least three people at a shopping mall in the U.S. state of Maryland is not in custody, the Montgomery County Police Department said on its official Twitter account on Friday.
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Two of the victims shot at the Westfield Montgomery Mall are male; the other is female.
The mall is located at 7101 Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda.
Police tweet that there are three victims, two men and a woman, but the suspect is not in custody.
There was no immediate word on the conditions of the victims. One person was killed, Washington’s NBC 4 reported.
At 11:50 a.m., police received a report of shots fired at the Aspen Hill Giant Food store, 13781 Connecticut Ave.in Silver Spring. They are being treated at Suburban Hospital, a representative said.
Students and staff at the nearby Walter Johnson High School, which is about 2 miles away, were sheltering in place, according to NBC Washington.
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