Trains operating as part of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) have ceased their stops at San Bruno station amid reports of a shooting at the city’s Tanforan Mall.
The BART system tweeted that there was a station closure at San Bruno due to police activity, just after 4 p.m. PT.
The transit authority later confirmed it had received reports about a shooting at Tanforan mall, just outside the station.
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The station was closed and trains were directed not to stop there as a precaution.
Trains were, however, continuing to operate outside San Bruno.
Police have advised people to “please stay out of the Tanforan area.”
They said they were on the scene investigating a shooting.
ABC News affiliate KGO said San Francisco General Hospital took in two patients who arrived with gunshot wounds.
It’s not known what their conditions are.
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One witness told CBS affiliate KPIX that he heard approximately four gunshots close to the Barnes and Noble store at Tanforan Mall just before 4 p.m.
At least one individual has been shot, San Mateo County officials confirmed, as reported by KCBS Radio.
ABC News reporter Dion Lim tweeted that police are looking for two suspects in the shooting, one of them a male wearing a green hoodie.
She also quoted San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini saying this was not a random shooting.
The incident was contained as of 7:38 p.m. PT, the San Bruno Police said.
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