By Tina Burnside and Harmeet Kaur, CNN A 19-year-old man was shot and killed Friday during an altercation at Minnesota’s Mall of America, the largest shopping center in the US, police said. Officers heard gunshots on the first floor of Nordstrom just before 8 p.m. local time.
The shooting occurred inside the Nordstrom department store just before 8 p.m. and involved an altercation between two groups of young men. The mall was on lockdown for about 45 minutes.
The victim, whose identity has not been released, was shot during a fight Friday night, Police Chief Booker Hodges told reporters. No other injuries were reported.
A 19-year-old man was killed Friday during an altercation between two groups in a department store at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, police said.
Authorities have identified the 19-year-old man who was fatally shot during an altercation at the Mall of America on Friday evening. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday that Johntae Hudson of St. Paul died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Johntae Raymon Hudson, 19, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, died from multiple gunshot wounds in Friday's shooting, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
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