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.They crowded together in the back of stores. Employees locked doors and pulled gates shut, hoping to keep the active shooter from getting to them.
.You dont know what to think, said Tarah Lancaster-Williams, who had come to the mall with a girlfriend seeking a day of relaxing, shopping and dining. You hear someone scream shooter, and you bolt.
. snip .Whatever the reason behind the slayings, for those in the mall the echoing shots provoked terror, igniting fears of yet another mass shooting in a public place that, until now, they considered safe.
.I just thank God were alive, said Tanya Broughton, who had come to the mall with Lancaster-Williams.
. snip .People ducked inside stores. Employees at several businesses said they immediately locked down to protect their customers. Police arrived within two minutes, SWAT officers streaming into the parking lot in armored vehicles and officers entering the mall with assault weapons, clearing each store one at a time. Helicopters buzzed overhead.
.At the Lucaya clothing store, just two doors down from Zumiez, manager Ellen Kim said she heard a loud noise, and then two women rushed into her store one carrying a baby and claiming to have heard a gunshot. Kim said she didnt believe her; the shopping center, after all, is usually such a nice, quiet mall.
.But then the women heard more shots, Kim said, perhaps five in all. Kim said she locked the doors and rushed to the safety of the storeroom.
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