VANCOUVER, Wash. — Police are responding to the Vancouver Mall on Thursday evening and asking people to avoid the area during the investigation of a deadly shooting.
The Vancouver Fire Department told KGW that they have dispatched four to five units to the mall on a report of a shooting. Paramedics have transported two patients, but their conditions are not known at this time. One person was dead when they arrived.
The Vancouver Police Department posted on Twitter, also known as X, that they are responding to a "disturbance" and that more information will be available later.
KGW reached out to the security at the Vancouver Mall, but they declined to comment, deferring to management. KGW also reached out to the Vancouver Police Department but has not yet heard back.
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