ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Anne Arundel County police said four people were shot in the food court of a shopping mall Saturday evening, and one was critically wounded. Two victims, including the most seriously injured, were flown to area hospitals, Lt. Roy Phillips, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County fire department, told WBAL-TV in Baltimore. Two others were driven to a local hospital with less serious injuries. Witnesses said two men were arguing in the food court, pulled guns and started shooting at each other, the station reported. Police said an off-duty Secret Service agent tried to intervene and opened fire.
Police said the agent, both people involved in the fight and a bystander suffered injuries. Ray Leone, manager of the Borders Books & Music, which is located across from the food court, said he heard at least 10 gunshots. Several of his employees were in the food court at the time of the shooting, and they told him an elderly couple was hit by stray bullets.
He said he believed the shooting, which happened in front of a Panda Express, was gang related, and that the shots sounded like they came from automatic weapons. Dozens of people ran into the store after the shots rang out and were "very panicked," Leone said.
"It's really not very normal, way out of the commonplace," he said. Anne Arundel County police closed the mall and ordered shoppers to leave over the public address system. Police tape was strewn around the food court, where meals sat unfinished on the tables and personal property was left behind.
The Westfield Annapolis mall is located just west of the Annapolis city limits and has 270 stores including Macy's, JCPenney and Borders Books & Music.
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