ROSEVILLE (WWJ) – Authorities are investigating after shots were fired at Macomb Mall in Roseville Sunday afternoon, prompting a large police presence for several hours.
Multiple tipsters told WWJ shots had been fired at the mall and shoppers inside were forced to evacuate.
Roseville police are searching for a suspect who fired multiple shots outside of Dick's Sporting Goods after an altercation.
Officials say when they arrived to the scene they learned two groups of people had gotten into a verbal altercation and it escalated as they left the mall.
The suspect, described as a Black male, aged 18-25, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans pulled out a gun and fired several times before fleeing the area.
No injuries were reported in the shooting.
Roseville police and multiple other agencies secured the entire mall to make sure the suspect was no longer there. The mall was checked and the suspect had indeed left the location.
Roseville Police Chief Ryan Monroe said a few people were detained for questioning during the investigation but authorities believe everyone involved left the scene. No one was arrested and no one remains in custody.
The public is being told to avoid the area around the mall at Gratiot and Masonic while the investigation continues.
It is not yet clear what prompted the altercation that led to the shooting.
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