HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a police after a fight at an Alabama mall resulted in gunfire that injured a teen and a 12-year-old girl.
A police statement said the shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, outside Birmingham.
The statement said two Hoover officers in the mall confronted a 21-year-old man from Hueytown with a gun and one of the officers shot and killed him. His name has not been released.
An 18-year-old was taken to a Birmingham hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Capt. Greg Rector said in a news conference a 12-year-old girl struck by gunfire was hospitalized.
She was reported in stable condition at Children’s Hospital.
A mall security officer said the mall reopened at 6 a.m. Friday.
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This story corrects dead man’s age to 21.