MADISON, Wis. — Madison Police are investigating after a single shot was fired inside West Towne Mall.
Officers arrived at the mall’s main entrance just off Gammon Road just after 11:30am on Friday morning. Surveillance video showed two people near a cell phone store when one of them pulled out a gun and fired at another person across the hallway. Then the people involved ran out of the mall and fled in a car.
Police didn’t find anyone injured when they arrived, and say that “no people suffering from a gunshot wound have shown up at local hospitals”.
Following safety protocols, the mall stores were placed on lockdown and customers moved “into safe areas of their stores”. Stores reopened around 1:30 p.m.
Nearby Vel Phillips Memorial High School also went on a secure and hold following this incident.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014 or online at p3tips.com.
