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Sanford’s public information officer, Bianca Gillett, declared that a “black male” had sustained “multiple gunshot wounds” but appears to be stabilising in hospital.

She explained: “Hello my name is Bianca Gillett, at approximately 7.30pm this evening Sanford Police Department received a 911 call reporting a shooting with injuries that took place in the parking lot of the mall outside of Burlington Coat Factory.

“When our officers arrived we found a black male, approximately 19 years of age with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to one of the area hospitals and we reported that he is originally had life-threatening injuries but he seems to be at this point stabilising.

“Based on the initial investigation, what we have right now is that the victim is possibly someone that is known to the shooter, that the victim was in the parking lot and the shooter was in the parking lot with a group of other individuals when the shooting occurred.