OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A person died in a taking pictures Saturday at a shopping center in central Florida during which the sufferer was apparently “focused” for the assault, police stated.Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken informed reporters Saturday night that the person was killed after he was shot a number of occasions in a typical space at Paddock Mall in Ocala, positioned about 80 miles northwest of Orlando. A lady was shot within the leg, police stated.

The suspect fled the scene and left behind the firearm, Balken stated.

Police arrived on the mall round 3:40 p.m. after calls of a number of photographs being fired on the mall.

“Officers instantly made entry into the mall (and) finally found that this was not what we might contemplate an energetic shooter,” Balken informed reporters.

A number of different mall patrons additionally suffered accidents in the course of the taking pictures, with one individual having chest ache and one other reporting a damaged arm, police stated.

An electronic mail inquiry was despatched to the mall’s proprietor, WPG. The mall has dozens of shops, together with J.C. Penney and Foot Locker.

Calvin and Diana Amos, who had been buying within the J.C. Penney retailer, informed the Ocala Star-Banner that they evacuated the shop shortly as soon as they discovered what was happening. They described themselves as scared and apprehensive.