Mall of America Is Locked Down, shots fired

On Thursday, gunshots at the biggest mall in America led to chaos.

With no victims identified, the situation was quickly over.

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A lockdown was imposed Thursday afternoon at the enormous Mall of America complex in the Midwest state of Minnesota.

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There are more than 500 stores in the enormous Mall of America complex.

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Unauthenticated video that was circulated on social media shows terrified consumers racing through the large mall.

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The suspect had left the mall on foot, according to police in the city of Bloomington, who classified the incident as "an isolated incident."

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According to police, this was a one-off dispute between the suspects.

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On Twitter, a video of the incident appears to show a person shouting as they enter a Nike store. Then, there are many gunshots heard.

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With a record-breaking 45,000 deaths from firearms in 2020, the United States has experienced a tsunami of gun violence.

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