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Police respond to reports of shots fired at North Carolina mall

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People flee North Carolina mall in panic after reports of shots fired
WATCH: Shoppers at a North Carolina mall fled in panic after gun shots were reported. Police said they didn't find anyone suffering from gunshot wounds – Aug 13, 2016

Raleigh police have responded to reports of shots fired at a shopping mall in North Carolina.

WRAL-TV says police in Raleigh were working to secure Crabtree Valley Mall on Saturday afternoon after gunshots were fired inside.

The owner of a clothing store at a busy North Carolina mall says he saw a shooting unfold after an argument in the food court and that he heard as many as four shots.

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Antonio Richardson is the owner of Casanova, a clothing store in Crabtree Valley Mall.

He told The Associated Press that he was standing at the entrance to his store Saturday afternoon when he saw two men who appeared to be in their early 20s arguing in the food court.

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Richardson says he saw one of them pull out a gun and begin shooting. As he was running away, he says he heard as many as four shots in all.

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John Riggleman and Kristin Warring told The Associated Press that they were heading to a video game store when they heard shots coming from the mall’s food court. They ran into the store with dozens of others before the doors of the mall were locked.

Police have said in a statement that no suspects have been arrested and that arriving officers found no one with any gunshot wounds.

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