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Dan Benton

Giants players, radio announcer escape Mall of America shooting

A shooting at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota left a 19-year-old dead and many others in fear on Friday night.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges told the Associated Press that an altercation between two groups preceded the shooting and that a bystander had also been grazed by a bullet.

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The New York Giants, who traveled to Minneapolis on Friday ahead of their Week 16 game against the Minnesota Vikings, are staying at a hotel adjacent to the mall. Several of their players were believed to have been in the mall at the time of the shooting.

“Everyone is back in the hotel and accounted for now,” Giants executive vice president of communications Pat Hanlon told the AP.

Long-time Giants play-by-play announcer, Bob Papa, was also in the mall at the time of the shooting. He sent a series of tweets during the chaos.

General manager Joe Schoen may have also been in the mall at the time of the shooting and worked with team security to account for all of the players during the mall lockdown.

The suspect(s) remain at large.

The thoughts and prayers of Giants Nation go out to the victim, his family, and his friends.

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