1 dead, many hurt in shooting at mall

Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO

A robbery inside a San Antonio shopping mall ended with shots fired Sunday, leaving one person who tried to intervene dead, three others shot and another two people taken to hospital with nonshooting injuries, police and fire officials said.

Police Chief William McManus said two suspects robbed a jewelry store at Rolling Oaks Mall on Sunday.

After the suspects fled the store, a man, described by McManus as a “good Samaritan” tried to stop the two men. One of the robbers then fatally shot the man, McManus said.

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. 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. Two other people – a woman who complained of chest pains and a pregnant woman who had labor pains – were also taken to local hospitals, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said.

McManus says police are looking for the other robber.