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LIVE NEAR THE SCENE RIGHT NOW WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS. JEAN? JEAN: CONCORD POLICE WANT TO SEND OUT THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. THE INCIDENT IS CONTAINED. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE IN A STEEPLEGATE MALL PARKING LOT, ON THE BACK OF THE MALL. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE NOW CONFIRMS AN ADULT WOMAN AND INDULGE ALL MAN -- AND AN ADULT MAN BOTH DIED. THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ZOO HEALTH CLUB. ONE WITNESS TELLS US HE WAS LEAVING THE GYM AROUND 7:45 TONIGHT WHEN HE HEARD THE SHOOTING NOT FAR AWAY. >> I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE GYM AND I HEARD TWO LOUD POPS. I THOUGHT THEY WERE FIRECRACKERS AT FIRST. I DROVE OVER TO WHERE I HEARD THEM, SOMEBODY WAS LYING ON THE GROUND. I CHECKED HER PULSE AND SHE WAS STILL BREATHING, BUT SHE WAS SHOT. AT THAT TIME I SAW A GUY LAID UP AGAINST A CAR, OBVIOUSLY DEAD, SO I CALLED 911. JEAN: JUSTIN STAYED ON THE SCENE SO HE COULD ASSIST. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE DIED. THE BODY OF THE MAN REMAINS IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE INVESTIGATORS ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING. PEOPLE IN NEARBY STORES AS FAR AS WAY -- AS FAR AWAY AS THE SHELLS ACROSS THE SPORT -- STREET WERE VERY CONCERNED. OFFICERS RUSHED TO THE BUSINESS IS TO LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE SAFE. AGAIN, A MAN AND WOMAN DIED IN THE SHOOTING ACCIDENT AT THE STEEPLE GATE MALL. THEIR IDENTITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS WE GET M

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A man and a woman are dead following a double shooting at the Steeplegate Mall in Concord on Wednesday evening.>> Download the FREE WMUR appFire Chief Dan Andrus told News 9 that a report of two people shot at the mall came in at 7:45 p.m. The shooting happened in the mall parking lot, near The Zoo Health Club. Gym members waited for the scene to be cleared so they could leave. One man, who asked to be only identified by his first name of Justin, told News 9 he was walking to his car when he heard noises he later found out were gunfire."I was walking out of the gym, and I heard two loud pops," Justin said. "So, I thought they were, like, firecrackers at first or something. I drove over to where I heard them. I saw somebody laying on the ground. I went up and I checked her pulse and she was still breathing, but she was shot, and at that time, I saw a guy laid up against the cars, obviously dead. So, I called 911."Justin stayed on the scene to assist police. The woman was taken to Concord Hospital, where she later died. The body of the man remained in the mall parking lot.Investigators continue to look into what happened and what led up to the shooting. People in nearby businesses were concerned, seeing police rushing to the mall. They said officers went to businesses to let them know they were safe.Police said the incident was contained, there was no active shooter scenario and there is no threat to the public. The names of the two dead are being withheld pending family notification. Autopsies for the man and woman have not yet been scheduled.All people involved with the shooting have been identified, officials said.The attorney general's office is handling the investigation. Stay with News 9 and WMUR.com for updates to this story.