Pepper-spraying forces shoppers to evacuate Queens Center Mall

Queens Center Mall was forced to close after someone sprayed pepper spray into a crowd.
Queens Center Mall was forced to close after someone sprayed pepper spray into a crowd. Photo credit Drew Angerer/Getty Images

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Shoppers at Queens Center Mall were forced to evacuate early Saturday morning after an unknown assailant sprayed the crowd with pepper spray.

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No one was seriously injured, but the area around the Macy’s in the Elmhurst mall was forced to temporarily close, the New York Post reported.

That area of the mall was fully operational again by 12:35 p.m., according to police.

No arrests have been made.

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