Man Shot Dead By Police After Alabama Mall Shooting

One man is dead, and a teen and a 12-year-old girl have been injured following a shooting at an Alabama mall prior to Black Friday shopping.
Outside Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama, after a shooting on Nov. 22, 2018.
Outside Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama, after a shooting on Nov. 22, 2018.
AP

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a police after a fight at an Alabama mall resulted in gunfire that injured a teen and a 12-year-old girl.

A police statement said the shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, outside Birmingham.

The statement said two Hoover officers in the mall confronted a 21-year-old man from Hueytown with a gun and one of the officers shot and killed him. His name has not been released.

An 18-year-old was taken to a Birmingham hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Capt. Greg Rector said in a news conference a 12-year-old girl struck by gunfire was hospitalized. She was reported in stable condition at Children’s Hospital.

A mall security officer said the mall reopened at 6 a.m. Friday.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story listed the dead man’s age as 18.

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