A civilian shot and killed a gunman who had opened fire on people in a shopping mall in Indianapolis, police in the US have said.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said a person opened fire at the Greenwood Park Mall, killing three people and wounding two others before being shot and killed by a civilian on Sunday evening. It is understood that police and other authorised personnel were searching the mall for any other casualties, but it appeared that the incident was contained to the food court.
Chris Bailey, the assistant chief of police at the IMPD, told reporters: “We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country.” Greenwood Police Department chief Jim Ison said that officers had seized a suspicious looking backpack from a bathroom near the food court but later confirmed it did not contain a bomb. He added that there was no longer an active threat in the area. The mall was evacuated following the attack and investigators moved in to examine the scene.
