BRKG Mall Shooting Knoxville TN

Just saw this..

2 shot at Knoxville Center Mall; suspect in custody

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/08/shooting-knoxville-center-mall/

Two people have been shot at Knoxville Center Mall, and a suspect is in custody.

The conditions of the victims were not immediately available.

People streaming out of the mall this afternoon told similar stories of panic on the upper level of the mall when numerous gunshots rang out. They described people running in panic, screaming, ducking into stores and seeking shelter.

Kacey Duren, 19, of Knoxville, and boyfriend Cody Johnson, 18, of Knoxville, said they were upstairs just outside Waldenbooks when they saw people running and screaming. They said a man had a gun.

"They kept saying, 'Get back in the store, get back in the store,' " Duren said.

Then as many as 12 shots rang out, Johnson said.

Sebastian Wang, owner of Collectors' Choice in the mall, said, "We heard, like, 10 to 15 gunshots go off. We started closing the gates (of the store)."

Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said police will release more information shortly.

The shooting was reported about 4:30 p.m.

Knoxville police and Knox County sheriff's officers converged on the mall.

More details as they develop online and in Thursday's News Sentinel.

prayers going up

Stand back!! Move along! Nothing to see here!! C'mon, move along there!!

Another shoot fest in the sheeple pen!!
Most malls are no gun target rich pro criminal zones!!
This is why I avoid going to malls and ignore the signage when I do!!
The only question is: did the perp yell "Allah Akbar" before he let loose??
Of course, that little detail will be covered up because the "offical" doctrine of the Bush administration is that we have not been hit by terrorists since 911!!

I fear that incidents like this will become commonplace

the deeper we get into the economic mess. Some people will be like, screw 'em, if they have money to be at the mall then they must be doing better than me so I'll kill or some such nonsense.

Got CCW?

I'e been to that mall its a freedom free zone.

Of course not been there in years

Any name on the suspect yet? Hope it wasn't that crazy damn nephew of mine.

This mall is about a mile from my house.
One dead and one injured. There is a police station in the mall for crying out loud.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/08/shooting-knoxville-center-mall/

No Name of Shooter Released Yet

Suspect Caught in Tenn. Mall Shooting

Police: 1 dead after multiple shots fired; suspect wounded and in custody.
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD Associated Press Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. October 8, 2008 (AP)

Police in Tennessee say one man has died after numerous gunshots were fired inside a shopping mall.

Officers confronted and shot a suspect at Knoxville Center Mall Wednesday afternoon. Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said the suspect is being treated at a hospital. No other injuries were reported.

Police said the person who died worked at a clothing store and was shot multiple times at about 4:20 p.m.

Witness Daniel Wiles said he was at the mall to pay a cell phone bill and was about a hundred feet away from the shooting.

Wiles said he saw a person holding a handgun and heard nine shots go off.

A spokesman for mall owner Simon Property Group of Indianapolis did not immediately return a phone message for comment.

Update.......

Man Charged in Deadly Tenn. Mall Shooting
Wednesday, October 08, 2008


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for cover.

The employee was shot multiple times around 4:20 p.m. after a confrontation with the suspect at Knoxville Center Mall, police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said. The store employee, 29-year-old Ahmed Nahl, died at the scene.

Two uniformed Knoxville Police Department officers confronted the customer as he left Reno Menswear store and exchanged gunfire, hitting him once in the arm and once in the leg, DeBusk said. No one else was hurt, and police recovered the suspect's handgun.

William Johnson, 42, of Knoxville, was charged with murder, aggravated kidnapping and two counts of attempted murder in the shootings, police said. He was taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center and was in stable condition.

The two officers involved in the gunfire were put on paid leave pending an investigation, as is standard procedure.

Witness Daniel Wiles, 34, said he saw a man about a hundred feet away with a handgun, heard nine shots and saw people begin fleeing for cover.

"I heard a single shot. Then immediately after that I heard eight additional shots. People started stampeding," said Wiles, who was at the mall to pay a cell phone bill.

Kay Jewelers assistant manager Cayla Corum said that before she heard gunshots a worker warned her to shut the gates to the store because of reports of someone carrying a gun in the mall.

"At first, it sounded like firecrackers going off," said Corum, 21. "Then everyone started running. ... I've never experienced anything like it in my life."

Corum said she heard two shots, a pause, and then "at least 15" shots.

The mall, owned by Simon Property Group of Indianapolis, closed early because of the shooting.

Mall manager Tim Hill said in a release that the company was "deeply saddened" by the tragedy, offered sympathy to the victim and his family and pledged full cooperation with authorities.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434861,00.html

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