Police say fight happened near mall kiosks, spilled outside to parking lot, with gunshots fired near Macy's

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SHOP. REPORTER: MONROEVILLE MALL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE ADDED SECURITY HERE TO THE MALL THIS WEEK AND WILL ADD POLICE OFFICERS OVER THE WEEKEND. WHILE DETECTIVES SAY THEY ARE CLOSING IN ON THE PERSON WHO FIRED AT LEAST TEN SHOTS TOWARDS THE MALL AS THEY RAN OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. MONROEVILLE'S POLICE CHIEF TELLS ME TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE WORKING INSIDE THE MALL WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED. THEY FED LE FED LEE C IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR BACK UP AND SEARCHED FOR THE SHOOTER. THE GUNMAN FLED IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. VIDEO INSIDE THE MALL HAS ALLOWED DETECTIVES TO TRACK THE MOVES OF BOTH GROUPS INVOLVED WHILE THEY WERE HERE. HE SAID THE GROUPS HAD AN ARGUMENT NEAR KIOSKS AND ONE FIRED A GUN BACK INTO THE MALL AS HE RAN OUTSIDE THROUGH MACY'S BACKSTAGE. HE SAYS THIS WAS A TARGETED ATTACK AND THEY ARE CLOSE TO FINDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE. >> WE ARE LUCKY NOW TO HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PREVIOUS YEARS. THE TECHNOLOGY BEING THE MONROEVILLE MALL ITSELF AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE READERS. WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY AND WITH THE HELP OF THE PICKUP WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING TIPS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT AT THE MALL ON FRIDAY. WE CURRENTLY ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER SUSPECTS, AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD CHANCE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. >> THE CHIEF SAYS THEY ARE GETTING LOTS OF TIPS BUT THEY ARE ALSO ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE THEM A CALL IF THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT H

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Video inside Monroeville Mall and cameras at local intersections are helping track down those responsible for a fight that led to shots fired into the mall Friday night, police said.Tap the video player above for Marcie Cipriani's report from the mall."We're lucky now to have a lot of the technology that we didn't have in previous years -- the technology being at the Monroeville Mall itself, as well as the DA's cameras at the intersections that includes license plate readers -- so with that technology and with the help of the public, we have been receiving tips and we're continuing to investigate," Monroeville Police Chief Doug Cole said.At least 10 shots were fired into the mall following a fight that involved two groups of men inside the building, Cole said.Police said video shows that the fight took place near kiosks inside the mall, then spilled outside to the parking lot. Investigators said a man wearing a black coat with yellow striping fired at least 10 shots into the mall near Macy's.Cole said his department had two officers working an off-duty detail inside Monroeville Mall at the time. The officers hurried to the spot of the shooting and called for backup, but the shooter fled in less than two minutes, Cole said."It was a targeted event between those two groups," Cole said. "This was not some random event."Mall officials reported that one person was injured. They did not say how that person was hurt.Tap the video player above for Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Beau Berman's report with witnesses."The initial altercation occurred inside the mall, but the actual shooting happened outside the mall where the shots were fired from, back in toward Macy's," Cole said. "You can see the shattered windows there and the shell casings we have out on the street level here."A Monroeville Mall representative said that security has been increased this week, and police officers will be added to patrol the mall over the weekend.Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 412-856-1111. Anonymous tips will be accepted. Stay with the WTAE mobile app for updates. Download the app now to stay connected with breaking news updates.