Twelve people were injured and three people have been detained following a shooting at a Columbia, South Carolina, mall on Saturday afternoon, police said.
Highlights
- Incident occurred on the premises of Columbiana Centre Mall, Columbia Police Chief William H.
- “Skip” Holbrook said.
- Three armed people were detained by police, although it is not clear how many people fired a weapon.
- There were no fatalities reported from the shooting, he said.
- Of those injured, 10 received gunshot wounds, with eight who were transported for treatment and two who were self-transporting for care, police said.
- Police believe the shooting was not a random attack, and there was “some type of conflict that occurred which resulted in gunfire,” police chief Holbrook told a Saturday afternoon news conference.