A robbery inside a San Antonio shopping mall Sunday ended with shots fired, leaving one person who tried to intervene dead, three others shot and another two people taken to hospital with non-shooting injuries, police and fire officials said.
The robbery happened at the KAY Jewelers at the Rolling Oaks Mall, Leslie Garza, San Antonio mayor’s director of communications told NBC News.
Police Chief William McManus said that after the two suspects fled the store on foot, one of them fatally shot a “good Samaritan” who tried to stop them.
A second individual, who was carrying a licensed concealed weapon, then shot and wounded the robber who had killed the person who intervened, McManus said.
“What we have here is a robbery gone really, really bad,” McManus said. He called the fatal shooting “absolutely senseless.” The victim’s name was not immediately released by authorities.
The other robber fled the mall, firing his weapon and injuring a man and a woman. These two individuals, along with the injured robber, were taken to local hospital, said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood.
Two other people— a woman who complained of chest pains and a pregnant woman who had labor pains — were also taken to local hospitals, Hood said.
The robber who was shot is in critical condition, San Antonio Mayor Ivory R Taylor tweeted. The condition of the other people who were injured in the incident was not immediately available.
Police tweeted just after 10 p.m. that the second suspect had been arrested. No other details about the arrest were immediately available.
“Today’s deadly shooting at Rolling Oaks Mall is a tragedy for everyone involved and all of us affected,” San Antonio Mayor Ivy R. Taylor said in a statement posted on Facebook. “As SAPD and Live Oak Police continue to search for a second suspect, ensure the safety of mall employees and shoppers and clear the scene, I ask everyone to remain calm, vigilant, safe and report any info you may have about the suspect who remains at large.”
Police responded to a shots fired call around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. The mall was evacuated and many of the stores were placed on lockdown while police conducted a store to store sweep.
Video from NBC affiliate WOAI-TV showed multiple police cars, ambulances and law enforcement outside of a Dillard’s department store.
A person inside the mall who spoke to WOAI-TV said he heard six shots.
The Rolling Oaks Mall is located along Loop 1604 on the northeast side of San Antonio.
“… one of them fatally shot a “good Samaritan” who tried to stop them.”
With WHAT?
“A second individual, who was carrying a licensed concealed weapon, then shot and wounded the robber who had killed the person who intervened,…”
This one’s still alive… BECAUSE HE HAD A GUN.
The ‘good Samaritan’ obviously brought a knife to a gunfight.
Bad call.