Mall of America reopens Friday, police seeking shooting suspects

Rebecca Omastiak KSTP

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The Mall of America in Bloomington reopened Friday morning after a shooting incident sent the mall into lockdown Thursday evening.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said the incident started as a fight between two groups at the Nike store cash register around 4:15 p.m. One group left, but someone armed with a handgun circled back to fire at least three shots at the store before running away.

Law enforcement placed Mall of America on lockdown shortly after the shots were fired. Bloomington police then lifted the lockdown around 5:40 p.m., announcing that the area had been secured.

No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

(KSTP/ Kelsey Christensen, Twitter)

Police said they are continuing to search for two young adult suspects as well as a handgun used during the incident.

Bloomington PD Detectives are continuing to investigate who is responsible for the shoots fired at the Mall of America last evening. Currently there is no additional public information. Information we will released as it becomes available.
— Bloomington Police (@BPD_MN) August 5, 2022

Anyone with information is asked to call 952-563-4900.

The mall reopened at 10 a.m. Friday.

Stay with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS and KSTP.com for updates on this developing news.

(2) The mall will reopen for the first time today since the shots rang out yesterday.
— Kelsey Christensen (@KelseyReports) August 5, 2022