PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at an Oregon shopping mall outside Portland yesterday and several people were believed to have been shot, authorities said, while local media reported two had been killed.
The gunman remained at large at the Clackamas Town Center near the Portland suburb of Happy Valley, said Steve Campbell, spokesman for the city.
“There is an active shooter at the Clackamas Town Center,” Campbell said.
The Oregonian newspaper reported on its website that two people had been killed by a man using a semi-automatic rifle who may have also been wearing body armor. The paper said the shooting occurred near the mall’s food court.
“The scene outside as I was leaving was just chaos,” witness Isabel Valentine told the paper. “Police were everywhere, people were crying and screaming, and we still don’t know exactly why this all happened.”
