A 19-year-old man was died just before 8 p.m. during a fight Friday night in the Nordstrom department store at the Mall of America.
The Bloomington police chief said late Friday, adding that investigators are working to identify suspects.The led to a lockdown of the mall for about an hour.
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Videos posted on social media showed terrified shoppers running for cover after hearing the .At around 7:50 p.m, a Bloomington officer in the mall and near the Nordstrom store reported hearing and found the 19-year-old died multiple times.
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Lifesaving measures failed, Chief Booker Hodges told reporters.Surveillance video showed “some type of altercation” between two groups, with about five to nine people involved.
During the fight, one of the people involved pulled out a Died the 19-year-old, said Hodges, adding that he’d spoken already to the victim’s family.
“I really feel bad for them and their loss,” he said. “This is before Christmas and now they’re having to bury one of their loved ones.”
He said he believed it was the first fatal death at the mall.An innocent bystander’s coat was grazed by a during the
Videos on social media showed shoppers hiding in stores and an announcement was made in the mall was made asking people to take shelter.
Emergency vehicles were converged in the snowy parking lot outside and police could be seen putting up yellow crime scene tape near the Nordstrom store.
Retailers began shutting their doors, asking people to run for safety as armed guards rushed toward Nordstrom.