Police responding to shooting at Texas mall, multiple injured
Shoppers leave as police respond to a shooting in the Dallas area’s Allen Premium Outlets, which authorities said has left multiple people injured in Allen, Texas, U.S. May 6, 2023 in a still image from video.
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Police are responding to a shooting in a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday that has left multiple people injured, authorities say.
There was no word on deaths or the number of people injured inside the Allen Premium Outlets mall.
The shooting took place at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of Dallas.
Mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, with at least 198 so far in 2023, the most at this point in the year since at least 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as any in which four or more people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.
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