PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A suburban Portland mall remained closed today while crime scene experts detail the shooting that left three people dead and one wounded and sent Santa and thousands of shoppers running.
The shooter, dressed in camouflage and a mask, was a man in his 20s who apparently fired at random before taking his own life, said Clackamas County sheriff ’s Sgt. Adam Phillips.
There’s no known connection between the gunman and the man and woman who were killed and the young woman who was wounded. Kristina Shevchenko is in serious condition, Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland said early today.
Phillips said that Tuesday afternoon’s shooting at a mall with 7,000 customers and 2,000 employees could have been much worse. Stores and police followed training from a shooting drill at the mall earlier this year.
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