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Two sought in Black Friday shooting at Fayetteville mall


Cross Creek mall shooting
Cross Creek mall shooting
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Cumberland County authorities are looking for two people who fired gunshots inside and outside a busy Fayetteville mall early Friday morning as shoppers lined up for post-Thanksgiving sales.

Debbie Tanna, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, said the first shots were fired outside Cross Creek mall, near the food court entrance, around 2 a.m. One man ran inside the mall, and a second ran after him, firing more shots near Macy's.

Detectives were reviewing surveillance video to identify the shooters and to try to find out more about what happened. Anyone with information about should call the sheriff's office at 910-323-1500.

No one was injured, but witnesses described the scene as chaotic as shoppers tried to leave the mall.

"People were running, and they were yelling," said Brock Blanks, who said he and his friends ducked for cover when they heard gunshots.

"Our first instinct was to hide, to get away from the situation," he said.

Some smaller stores closed in the wake of the shooting but have since reopened, Cross Creek Mall spokeswoman Tammy Hopkins said.

"From what we understand, obviously, it was an isolated incident, an unusual incident," she said. "It doesn't seem to have dampened the shopping spirit at the mall."

Still, Blanks said, it will be tough for him to forget what he saw.

"I mean, you see stuff like that happen in the movies, but you really don't expect it to happen," he said.

RELATED TOPICS: Cross Creek, Cross Creek Mall, Cumberland County, Fayetteville


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Who else would be trying to shoot you?

"I hope that doesn't lead to your grandkids watching you swallow a copper jacketed lead pill right in front of them. calynn"

Coming from the gun of some unqualified Yahoo that shouldn't have it?

"Haha, Fayetteville police should be much more concerned about finding the perps than worrying about me. I see you also couldn't argue any other point that I had posted. calynn"

As I said, I bet the police would have a lively internist in your disregard for the rules. Exactly why we must stop handing out concealed carry permits like party favors. Yours needs to be revoked.

"Well I don’t take my kids anywhere, they take me. But when I take the grand kids to the mall I park wherever it’s closest to where in the mall we want to go. You see, I’m not eaten up by paranoia."

I hope that doesn't lead to your grandkids watching you swallow a copper jacketed lead pill right in front of them.

Haha, Fayetteville police should be much more concerned about finding the perps than worrying about me. I see you also couldn't argue any other point that I had posted.

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