12 injured, three people detained after shooting at South Carolina mall, police say

[brooklynite]

CNN

(CNN)Twelve people were injured and three people have been detained following a shooting at a Columbia, South Carolina, mall on Saturday afternoon, police said.

The incident occurred on the premises of Columbiana Centre Mall, said Columbia Police Chief William H. "Skip" Holbrook. There were no fatalities reported from the shooting, he said.

Holbrook said three armed people were detained by police, although it is not clear how many people actually fired a weapon. Police believe the shooting was not a random attack, he added.

People walk through a parking lot at the Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, April 16, 2022, as police investigate a shooting at the mall.

"We believe the individuals that were armed knew each other, and there was some type of conflict that occurred which resulted in gunfire," Holbrook said in a Saturday afternoon news conference. "This was not a situation where we had some random person show up at a mall to discharge a firearm and injure people."

[rgbecker]

1. I guess it was just a normal all american shoot out, thank goodness.

No random person showing up and shooting or anything to be alarmed about.