Black Friday may be rough for many shoppers forcing their way through crowds to find great deals, but for Thanksgiving Day shoppers in Birmingham, Alabama suburb Hoover, the event turned into a whole other kind of nightmare.
As hundreds gathered for pre-Black Friday sales Thursday evening, a gunman opened fire at the Riverchase Galleria. At 9:52 p.m. CT, shoppers began reporting gunshots as hundreds fled from the mall. The Hoover Police Department told news outlets, including NBC, that the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was conducting an investigation into the shooting, which appears to have started after a fight in the mall. Hoover Police Capt. Gregg Rector said a man pulled a gun after a fight and shot an 18-year-old man twice in the torso. A 12-year-old girl was also injured during the incident. Rector said the girl was alert and talking despite her injury.
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