BREA – Police have identified the man who was shot and killed in a parking structure at a busy shopping center early Saturday as 44-year-old Alex Lin of Brea.

Lt. Darrin Devereux said police were called about 9:30 a.m. for multiple gunshots in a parking structure next to the Target at 855 W. Birch St. in the Brea Marketplace Shopping Center.

Devereux said police found a man dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

A suspect fled the scene and remains at large, Devereux said. Police have not yet released a suspect description.

Police remained on the scene investigating Saturday as the parking structure was closed off, preventing some shoppers from getting to their cars.

“We believe there’s no threat to the general public at this time,” Devereux said.

Some witnesses said they heard commotion and saw Target employees rushing to the parking structure with first aid kits.

The store remained open Saturday, while the parking structure was blocked with yellow crime scene tape.

“I can’t believe something like this would happen here,” said one shopper. “This is a safe area. It’s just blocks away from my home.”