1st LD: Shooting at New York mall gang-related: police
Xinhua, November 13, 2016 Adjust font size:
A shooting that struck a shopping mall in New York on Saturday was "gang-related," police said.
"Yes, it's gang-related, and we're put out a press release soon," a woman officer with the police department of Guilderland told Xinhua via phone.
There were no injuries and some people at the Crossgates Mall have experienced fear and anxieties, the officer said. She was leaving her office in such a hurry that she had no time to give her name.
Guilderland, a town of around 35,000, is located west of Albany, the capital of New York, around about three hours drive north of Manhattan.
Dozens of officers, many with assault weapons, could be seen milling around the mall and every entrance to the mall was blocked off, local media reported earlier.
Shoppers and mall employees were directed to evacuate to the parking lots. Endit