Six persons were injured in a horrifying shooting inside a crowded mall in Durham, North Carolina, during the popular Black Friday, driving hundreds of shoppers to flee the mall, media agencies reported on Saturday.
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Authorities highlighted that among the gun-wounded injured is a 10-year-old-boy, however, all injuries were non-life-threatening ones.
The incident started by several gunshots were fired in the air at 3:23 pm inside a famous mall in Durham, the city's police department told news briefing.
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After that police officers were immediately deployed in the scene, trying to control the panicking crowds who run and fled the place away without any organization.
Hadley Connel, eyewitness, said: “The gun sounds were followed by what sounded like a wave of rain on a tin roof as everyone started screaming, running, and pushing each other."
In the same context, workers in one of the mall's stores tweeted: “The shooting in the mall at southpoint in #Durham was one of the most traumatic experiences I ever had in my life."
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