Shopping mall shooting leaves one dead

With the last-minute rush to buy that one gift you forgot, and the crowds window shopping with looks of glee on their faces, then running in every direction to get away from a mall shooter, you can tell that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

FoxNews. com reported that an armed man in the people-stuffed Northlake Mall in Charlotte, NC, was confronted by off-duty officers and was shot and pronounced dead on scene. The police believe it began as a kerfuffle between two groups of people when the officers intervened. At least three people were rushed to nearby hospitals.

As store employee at Aldo inside the mall said she heard five or six shots and immediately closed the door to the store and went to the back room. After a short time, mall security came and told people to evacuate.

Due to the massive crowd leaving the mall to get into their vehicles, the parking lot looked a lot like Manhattan's Fifth Avenue during rush hour. It moved like the petal of the iris opening for the Buddha.

The cause of the kerfuffle is still unknown, but we hope it had nothing to do with any religious requirements imposed upon the shooter, if you know what I mean.

But seriously, Merry Christmas. Please be safe.


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