A toppled table near LensCrafters sent shoppers stampeding through the Augusta Mall Sunday evening after the crash was mistaken for gunfire.

What It Means For You: If you were at the mall around 7 p.m. and saw people running, you can breathe easy. Nobody was shooting. A display just had a really bad day.

What’s Happening: The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office flooded the mall with deputies after multiple 911 calls reported possible shots fired. What they found was a fallen display near LensCrafters on the lower level that had knocked over a table, creating loud banging sounds that triggered a panic.

No shots were fired, no fights broke out, and no one was hurt.

Deputies arrived quickly and confirmed nothing criminal had occurred.

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