Shots Fired Inside Wisconsin Shopping Mall, 19-Year-Old Man Wounded by Gunfire

UPDATE 7:22 p.m. ET: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Madison mall where one man was injured during a shooting has reopened to shopping.

Madison police say that the immediate area where the shooting took place will be cordoned off for a while because of the investigation.

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MADISON, Wis. (TheBlaze/AP) — Gunfire erupted Saturday inside a large Wisconsin shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days before Christmas, leaving a man wounded in the leg, police said.

The East Towne Mall in Madison was shut down after the shooting broke out just before 3 p.m. on the Saturday before Christmas. According to a statement posted on its website, Madison police said they were still looking for a suspect.

"This is not an active shooter. This is not an act of terrorism," Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain told The Associated Press.

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December 19, 2015

Witnesses told police that several young men were involved in a "disturbance" in the middle of the mall. One pulled out a handgun and fired at least one round. A 19-year-old man involved in the initial dispute was struck in the leg. He was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

"My understanding is it was a chaotic scene," DeSpain said. He said the mall remained closed late Saturday afternoon. WMTV-TV reported that the mall is closed indefinitely.

Police said the mall had been secured by late afternoon.

Photos from the scene showed several police officers and a number of police vehicles outside the mall. A notice on the mall's website said the mall "is temporarily closed due to a safety concern."

East Towne Mall is an 840,000-square-foot shopping center with 110 specialty retailers, according to its website.

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This story has been updated.