Man dead, 2 injured after Alabama mall shooting

Associated Press

Show Caption Hide Caption 1 teen dead, 2 hurt after Alabama mall shooting One teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting at an Alabama mall prior to Black Friday shopping. Hoover, Alabama police say an officer shot and killed one teen, who had shot and injured another teen. (Nov. 23)

HOOVER, Ala. – A man was shot and killed by a police after a fight at an Alabama mall resulted in gunfire that injured a teen and a 12-year-old girl.

A police statement said the shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, outside Birmingham.

The statement said two Hoover officers in the mall confronted a 21-year-old man from Hueytown with a gun and one of the officers shot and killed him. His name has not been released.

An 18-year-old was taken to a Birmingham hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Capt. Greg Rector said in a news conference a 12-year-old girl struck by gunfire was hospitalized. She was reported in stable condition at Children’s Hospital.

A mall security officer said the mall reopened at 6 a.m. Friday.

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This story corrects dead man’s age to 21.