New Jersey mall shooting gunman on the loose, but no one injured, authorities say

A handout image released by an Instagram user who asked not to be identified shows the scene outside the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall after a possible gunman was reported in the mall in Paramus, New Jersey,

(SOURCE) A gunman fired a single shot inside a New Jersey mall and was on the loose after apparently fleeing the huge shopping center, officials in Paramus, N.J., said late Monday.

Hundreds of law enforcement officials had converged on the mall after reports of gunfire. There were no reports of injuries. 

 “We are searching for a shooter,” the mayor of Paramus, Richard Labarbiera, told reporters outside the Garden State Plaza Mall.

Jim Tedesco, deputy coordinator of the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, said: “The shooter, we believe, has left the mall. We have found … a single shell casing.”

Labarbiera said there was only one “confirmed single shot,” although several witnesses have described hearing several shots before mall security began yelling at people to flee.

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