Search continues for suspect after 2 men shot at Triangle Town Center
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Raleigh Police said two men were taken to a hospital for what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting at Triangle Town Center.
The shooting call drew a massive law enforcement response to the north Raleigh mall. Raleigh Police said two groups at the mall got into a verbal altercation that escalated.
Police said the shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. near the Express store.
Chopper 11 was over the scene and saw at least one person taken out of the mall on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance.
Witnesses who hid in a bathroom told ABC11 that they heard six or seven shots.
There is no suspect information yet, RPD said, but officers with a K-9 were searching near a retention pond in a wooded area by the nearby Hilton Garden Inn, as well as other areas.
Police said they recovered a weapon at the mall, which remains on lockdown.
Officers are working to determine whether a person who went to Duke Raleigh Hospital to seek treatment was connected to the mall shooting.
RPD urged the public to avoid the area as the investigation continues. There is no continuing threat to the public, police said.
Officers are working to clear the mall and the surrounding property.
The shooting came a week after shots were fired at Triangle Town Center. In that case, no one was injured, but two people were later arrested after they crashed into a utility pole in Wake Forest.
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