Updated at 7:30 p.m. with more details about the search from Dallas police.

Dallas police have completed their search of Southwest Center Mall without finding a burglary suspect who fled there.

Officers were first called at 5:30 p.m. to a neighborhood in the 4100 block of Altoona Drive to investigate a house break-in.

.@DallasPD coming out of Macy's (that's on list to be closed), looking for burglary suspect who may still be in @SWCMall Red Bird @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/5iP42CkdWA — Homa Bash (@HomaBashWEWS) January 8, 2017

Police later spotted a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car at the former Red Bird Mall, about three miles south of where the break-in occurred.

"One suspect bailed out of the vehicle and ran into the entrance of the mall," Dallas police spokeswoman Diana Flores said. "Officers immediately set up a perimeter area to search for the suspect."

Two passengers in the suspect vehicle were detained for questioning. Their names were not released, and it's unclear if they face charges.

During the search, officers, some with guns drawn, patrolled the halls at the mall on Camp Wisdom Road starting around 6 p.m., while shoppers continued to go about their business.

Officers have guns out, some stores closing but still shoppers milling around as Dallas Police look for burglary suspect in Redbird Mall pic.twitter.com/7glewtdzDq — Homa Bash (@HomaBashWEWS) January 8, 2017

About an hour into the search, some shops at the mall pulled down their metal gates and closed. The mall, itself followed suit, about two hours earlier than normal.

Outside the mall, police checked cars that were leaving, presumably to make sure the suspect couldn't make a getaway.

Hours earlier Saturday, the mall's owner, Mayor Mike Rawlings and other city officials updated Dallas residents on the redevelopment of southern Dallas' only mall.

"You won't see changes tomorrow," Dallas investor Peter Brodsky said. "But there's momentum."

The development will happen in phases, our Maria Halkias reports, with construction starting early next year.