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Two people killed in shooting at shopping mall in Michigan — TV

Three people were injured

NEW YORK, July 4. /TASS/. Two people were killed and one injured in a shooting on Friday at a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan, according to ABC News channel.

Three people were injured, one of them died on the spot, and the other died in hospital. All of them are about 20 years old, the TV channel notes.

According to preliminary data, the participants of the conflict knew each other, they had disagreements, and at some point a fight escalated into a shootout.

The incident occurred around 01:30 p.m. local time (05:30 p.m. GMT).

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