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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 9, 2021, 07:02 AM May 2021

Three shot at Aventura Mall as panicked crowd stampedes for cover

Aventura -- Shoppers ran for cover, dashing into stores, storage rooms and closets after three people were shot during an argument at Aventura Mall.

Two groups of shoppers started arguing outside the Hugo Boss and Louis Vuitton stores when one showed a weapon and another pulled his and began firing, said Aventura police Major Michael Bentolila.

Police were still searching Saturday evening for the man who fired. None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.

Derek Smart, who works near the mall, said he was inside when he heard gunfire from about 100 to 200 feet away. Pandemonium erupted within seconds with people yelling and children crying as they sought to get out of the center of the mall near the food court area. People fell onto one another, dropping their purses, belongings and shoes as they tried to escape, he said.

Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-aventura-mall-shooting-20210508-ecncobij4fadxpsxcgr53sw4qq-story.html

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Three shot at Aventura Mall as panicked crowd stampedes for cover (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
remember - an armed society is a polite society.... Blues Heron May 2021 #1
Damn. This is a hell of a weekend for shootings. Anyone keeping a tally? Midnight Writer May 2021 #2

Blues Heron

(6,147 posts)
1. remember - an armed society is a polite society....
Sun May 9, 2021, 07:10 AM
May 2021

something like that. Just a couple of people standing their ground, nothing to see here folks...

p.s. thanks to all the law abiding gun peeps who provide cover for this tsunami of guns across this land. By standing in the way of gun control you enable this.

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