One person was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California, on Friday evening, according to police. The suspect or suspects had not been identified as of late Friday.
The shooting happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time at the Spirit Halloween store in the Solano Town Center mall, about 47 miles northeast of San Francisco, according to Dawn. Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall said six people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, with at least three in critical condition, according to the Straits Times.
Marshall said police had not yet identified the "suspect or suspects" and that the crime scene remained active late Friday. He said detectives were "diligently working to identify the suspect or suspects responsible," according to NBC News. All of the victims were taken to a nearby hospital, NBC News reported.
A witness’s husband told NBC affiliate KCRA that his wife escaped through an emergency exit after hearing "five big bangs." That account comes from NBC News alone, relayed secondhand, and no other witness accounts have been reported. Marshall said no areas outside the Solano Town Center mall were on lockdown, according to the Straits Times.
Earlier on Friday, another person was fatally shot inside a Spirit Halloween store in Madison Heights, Michigan, according to the Madison Heights Police Department, as cited by NBC News. NBC News reported that the Michigan and Fairfield incidents do not appear to be connected. Halloween falls on Saturday, the day after the shooting.
No suspect has been named, and no motive has been reported. Police have not released the victim’s identity or the condition of the three wounded people not listed as critical. No response has been reported from the mall, Spirit Halloween, or its owner.
Investigators are still working to identify the suspect or suspects, and the crime scene remained active. No charges or arrests in the Fairfield case have been reported.
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