Witness describes fear after shooting at Triangle Town Center
ADDRESS THIS OFFICER SHORTAGE.
CAN WILLARD WRAL NEWS, HALIFAX
WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF
BREAKING NEWS IN RALEIGH WHERE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A
SHOOTING AT TRIANGLE TOWN
CENTER SKY 5 WAS OVER THE
SCENE. YOU CAN SEE THEM RIGHT
HERE. DOZENS OF OFFICERS
INVESTIGATING IN THE PARKING
LOT OUTSIDE SAKS 5TH AVENUE.
WR WAS ADAM OWENS HAS BEEN AT
THE MALL FOR HOURS TRYING TO
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND
JOINS US LIVE WHAT ELSE HAVE
YOU LEARNED ABOUT THIS
>> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS UNNERVING
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPENING
IN SUCH A BUSY AND PUBLIC
PLACE. IT HAPPENED IN THIS
PARKING LOT HERE BEHIND ME AT
TRIANGLE TOWN CENTER MALL.
I SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO
WAS HERE RIGHT AFTER THE SHOT
WAS FIRED. WHAT HE OVERHEARD
MAY TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT
WHAT LED UP TO THAT SHOT.
>> WELL, AS JOSIAH FREEMAN
STARTED RECORDING VIDEO ON HIS
PHONE OUTSIDE TRIANGLE TOWN
CENTER MALL.
FIRST RESPONDERS WERE STILL
ARRIVING. IT'S HOW WE DON'T
COME TO THE MALL. AT ONE POINT
IN HIS VIDEO, PEOPLE ARE
GATHERED AROUND A MAN ON THE
GROUND FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS
LIFE FOR NURSES TO FREEMAN SAYS
THE SHOOTING VICTIM APPEARED
TO BE SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
HE COULD HEAR WHAT THEY WERE
SHOUTING HAD SHOT ONE ACCIDENT.
HE SAID THEY TAKE ITS GOT OFF
OF SAFETY AND THEY WENT OFF
AND HIT THE GUY THAT HAS POLICE
HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY SAID WHAT
LED TO THE SHOOTING. WE SAW
THEM INTERVIEWING PEOPLE INSIDE
THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF THE
PARKING LOT. THEY SAY THEY ARE
NOT CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR
SUSPECTS. WAS RATHER BUSY IN
STAYED OPEN AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUED
OUTSIDE. MANY SHOPPERS INSIDE
WERE UNAWARE ANYTHING HAPPENED.
I WAS IN THE DRESSING ROOM THE
ENTIRE TIME AND THEN ALL THIS
HAPPENED WHEN I WALKED OUTSIDE
AT THE SAME TIME, JESSICA
MILLER WAS NOT SHOCKED TO SEE
THIS. I'M NOT REALLY A
SURPRISE.
>> POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO WAS
SHOT DID HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES,
BUT THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS
IDENTITY AT THIS TIME.
>> ALL RULES THAT ARE POSTED
HERE AT THE MALL SAYING THAT
WEAPONS ARE PROHIBITED HERE ON