A shooting inside a Southern California shopping mall Tuesday wounded a 9-year-old girl and authorities were seeking the attacker, reports said.
The shooting took place at around 6:30 p.m. at the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville, about an hour’s drive northeast of downtown Los Angeles, San Bernardino County authorities said.
The city fire department declared an “active shooter” incident and family members identified the victim as a 9-year-old girl who was shot several times, the Victor Valley News reported.
She was taken to the hospital in stable condition, the county Sheriff’s Department said.
Stores were locked down and customers sheltered inside as deputies searched for the attacker, who acted alone and fled the mall after the shooting, authorities said.
The mall was evacuated and closed.
Other details weren’t immediately available.
