Police in Northern California responded to a shopping mall Friday night amid reports of an active shooter but no evidence was found of shots fired, authorities said.
The Milpitas Police Department said officers responded to the Great Mall just after 5:30 p.m. PT after reports of an altercation where someone brandished a knife. Shortly after, a shooting was reported inside a Burlington Coat Factory store.
Officers checked the store and there was no indication a shooting took place inside and no victims related to the initial call have been found, the department said.
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“Due to conflicting information, we are in the process of checking the entire mall out of an abundance of caution,” a police tweet read. “At this time we have not located nor have any reported victims related to the initial call regarding the knife or shooting.”
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