PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A man was shot at the parking garage by the Nordstrom department store at the Providence Place Mall following an altercation, according to police.
Providence Police responded to reports of a shooting at the parking garage by the Nordstrom department store at the Providence Place Mall on Monday just before 5 p.m.
The mall was placed on lockdown after armed officers walked into the building, warning people to stay away.
Workers tell us they were forced to hide in the stock room, while others ran and just tried hiding anywhere they could.
"I looked out the window, all of these tons of cop cars keep pulling up, grabbing rifles out of their trunks," said Jamal Lee, who works at the mall. "My manager just pulled us behind the counter and locked the doors."
Source: There is a shooting at Providence Place Mall. It happened in the parking garage outside of Nordstrom. 1 person was shot. More details to come.@boston25
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) January 15, 2018
Police say surveillance footage shows a fight which happened right outside the foot locker, and shortly after the cameras caught the shooting.
Providence Police say, there was a fight outside of foot locker. Surveillance video shows the fight. Shooting happened in he parking garage. Victim is in stable condition pic.twitter.com/4s0F8aUg1d
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) January 16, 2018
"The initial investigation reveals there was a fight between two groups of kids in the mall, outside the footlocker," said Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements.
The Providence Public Safety Department has identified the victim as a 19-year-old man with non-life threatening injuries. He was shot in the leg and is recovering at the Rhode Island Hospital.
Providence Police are looking for a suspect. They are searching the parking garage area now. Officer's are going from car to car. @boston25
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) January 15, 2018
Police are still searching for suspects and do not believe it is an active shooter situation. They are currently looking for up to 10 suspects.
Although that is a fairly large amount of suspects to be looking for, police say they know exactly who they are searching for.
The second floor of the parking garage at the Nordstrom side of the mall was evacuated and police are reviewing security footage.
"My manager was telling everyone to get behind the counter, she was counting everyone that was there," said Tahlia, who works at the mall.
One 19 yoa shooting victim PPM targeted and non life threatening 2nd FL garage Nordstrom side Mall evacuated. Reviewing security film. PPM closed and safe. Access to garage being coordinated. SMP
— Pvd Public Safety (@PvdPublicSafety) January 15, 2018
The mall has been closed and is reported safe.
Luckily, no one else was hurt in the shooting.
Scene outside of Providence place mall, after one person was shot in the parking garage area of Nordstrom. @boston25 https://t.co/Ex0Bg7gzwO
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) January 15, 2018
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