Indiana Mall Shooting: Gunman Kills Multiple People, Injures Others Before Being Shot by Armed "Good Samaritan"

Three individuals were slain inside a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, in a shooting that concluded with an armed man fatally shooting the attacker, according to municipal officials.

Two more individuals were injured in the incident, which began when a guy armed with a rifle and multiple magazines of ammunition entered the mall's food court and began firing, according to Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison. Authorities did not specify a motive for the shooting and did not identify the shooter.

Gunman Kills 3 in Indiana Mall Before Being Shot

According to Chief Ison, the injured included a 12-year-old girl who received a small wound on her back and another person who was in stable condition. Mayor Mark Myers stated late Sunday that there was no additional threat to the public and that the Police Department was in command of the situation. He requested that the people avoid the area.

Chief Ison stated during a press conference on Sunday that at 6 pm, the local emergency call center began receiving reports regarding the incident. He said that the danger ended when an armed bystander with a firearm stopped the gunman. "It appears that an armed good Samaritan watched the incident and shot the gunman," he added.

Ison only named the bystander as a 22-year-old male from Bartholomew County, some 35 miles south of the mall, and said he was lawfully carrying a rifle. Mr. Myers applauded the man's conduct in a statement. As per Chief Ison, detectives and other employees will not analyze the crime scene at the mall until a state bomb squad determines if a strange bag found in a mall toilet is harmful. He stated late Sunday that investigators had not discovered an explosive device and had cleared the backpack, according to New York Times.

Police stated on Facebook that they were looking for witnesses to the incident, which occurred approximately 15 miles south of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department stated on Twitter that it was assisting local authorities.

Motive in Crime Still Unknown

The chief stated that the motive and circumstances were still being probed. Officers, including members of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's SWAT squad, were patrolling the mall Sunday night to verify that no one injured was hiding or in need of assistance, according to an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

According to him, a rucksack that police say the shooter left in a bathroom was not a danger. A mall spokesman did not immediately reply to a request for comment, as per NBC News. Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers stated in a statement Sunday evening that the city's police department is searching for any leads in the case. Anyone with information on the shooter can call the Greenwood Police Training Center at 317-346-6336.

Chris Roy works as the assistant manager of the mall's Van's shop. Although he didn't hear any gunshots, they spotted people rushing around the mall and decided to close the business until things calmed down.

The Greenwood Mall shooting occurred less than a month and a half after the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 students and two teachers. The Indiana shooting occurred on the same day that the Uvalde City Council released fresh information about it.

According to a source, Uvalde gunman Salvador Ramos was labeled a school shooter on social media a year before the catastrophe this year. There was also the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, where a 22-year-old man masquerading as a woman opened fire on paradegoers, killing seven and injuring hundreds more.

Since then, there has been a greater demand for gun control, particularly about assault-style rifles. A new bipartisan law was just enacted by Congress to tighten limitations on the acquisition of assault-style firearms, Newsweek via MSN reported.

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