North Carolina mall shooting: 13-year-old girl killed, 2 boys hurt after shots fired in parking lot

Update 3:32 p.m. EST Dec. 29: Police said 13-year-old Avenanna Propst was pronounced dead at the scene and two other male juvenile victims were taken to the hospital, WSOC reported. Officials said the boys, who are under the age of 16, are expected to recover, the television station reported.

Original report: The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. in the parking lot of Dave and Buster's, authorities said.

Police said a 13-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene and two other male juvenile victims were taken to the hospital. Officials said the boys are under the age of 16 and were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Both are expected to be OK.

Authorities said it was not an active shooter situation.

Concord police said initial reports indicate the shooting started as a fight in the Dave and Buster’s parking lot. They have not said if any arrests have been made or released possible suspect information.

Witnesses described to WSOC-TV′s DaShawn Brown the chaotic scene as the shooting unfolded.

A mall employee described hundreds of people running through the mall and the parking lot in an attempt to get away. Another witness said he took off his belt to use as a tourniquet for a teenage boy who was shot in the arm.

“The police and sheriff came with their guns drawn because they didn’t know if it was an active shooter,” witness Jason Warren said. “It’s sad you can’t come out to a restaurant and have a nice, peaceful evening.”

Officials said officers have set up an area for parents to pick up their children in the parking lot of the Sea Life Aquarium. Parents must enter through the Carolina Lilly entrance because all other entrances to the mall are closed.

No other information has been released.

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