At least five people were injured in a shooting at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury, Connecticut on Tuesday night. No deaths have been reported.

Waterbury police chief Fernando Spagnolo said the mall staff likley saved lives by acting quickly.

“The people that were in the mall, the consumers that were at the mall, did an incredible job of keeping themselves and their families safe,” Spagnolo said shortly after the shooting. “The mall staff did an incredible job of keeping everyone safe. I think they mitigated a lot of what could have been a really bad incident here.”

Police have not yet caught the shooter but say they are following multiple leads. They believe he is potentially a man in his 20s.

Spagnolo said they believe the shooting happened after a fight — and was not a rando

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