Two dead in US mall shooting: reports

December 12, 2012 08:37

Two people were killed when a gunman wearing body armor opened fire at a mall in the western US state of Oregon, witnesses and local media have reported.

At least one other person was shot in Clackamas, south of Portland, according to The Oregonian newspaper, reporting a man brandishing a semiautomatic rifle near a branch of Macy's department store.

It cited one of its staff, sports columnist John Canzano, as reporting that as many 60 shots fired while he was shopping

at the mall. Live TV pictures showed a large number of emergency vehicles converging on the scene.

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