Milpitas Police Respond to ‘Active Situation,’ Possible Shooting at Great Mall

MILPITAS (CBS SF) — Police successful Milpitas responded to what they called “an progressive situation” astatine the Great Mall Friday night, but person confirmed that determination is “no denotation a shooting occurred inside.”

Officers person confirmed with KPIX 5 that they are responding to what they called an “active situation.”

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Police aboriginal provided an update, saying that astatine astir 5:30 p.m. officers received a study of an altercation wherever idiosyncratic brandished a weapon astatine the Great Mall.

1/3 At astir 5:30pm #MilpitasPD received a study of an altercation wherever idiosyncratic brandished a knife. Shortly aft a shooting was reported wrong of Burlington Coat Factory. Officers person checked the concern and determination is nary denotation a shooting occurred inside. #GreatMall

— Milpitas Police (@MilpitasPD) November 6, 2021

“Shortly aft a shooting was reported wrong of Burlington Coat Factory,” the tweet said. “Officers person checked the concern and determination is nary denotation a shooting occurred inside.”

Police went connected to accidental they were “in the process of checking the full promenade retired of an abundance of caution” aft receiving conflicting information.

“At this clip we person not located nor person immoderate reported victims related to the archetypal telephone regarding the weapon oregon shooting,” Milpitas constabulary said.

There were immoderate societal media posts saying determination was an progressive shooter, with immoderate Great Mall visitors reporting that they were ordered to structure successful spot during the incident.

They got america sheltered successful the backmost origin of an evident progressive shooter successful the Great Mall pic.twitter.com/CAz111AUjq

— Eileen Dover (@_MiLadie_) November 6, 2021

Police said that arsenic Officers located shoppers and store employees who sheltered successful place, they were escorting them retired of the mall.

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Chopper 5 footage showed implicit dozens of Milpitas constabulary units and constabulary vehicles from neighboring agencies.

KPIX newsman Len Ramirez said those agencies included CHP and San Jose constabulary successful the parking batch astatine the mall. He besides said that helium saw CHP officers equipped with semi-automatic weapons on with different heavy equipped officers.

Milpitas constabulary aboriginal confirmed that San Jose police, CHP and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office were each assisting with the hunt of the interior of the mall.

Activity seems to beryllium concentrated extracurricular the Burlington Coat Factory store, helium said.

Ramirez said that immoderate customers could beryllium seen leaving the mall. Police did not look to beryllium escorting radical astatine the promenade distant from the facility.

VTA officials said owed to constabulary activity, airy obstruction work has been suspended astatine the Great Mall presumption until further notice.

Due to constabulary enactment atGreat promenade buying halfway VTA airy obstruction volition not halt astatine the large Mall airy obstruction presumption until further notice. Apologies for the inconvenience we volition fto you cognize erstwhile the work is backmost to mean arsenic soon arsenic possible. ^shr

— VTAservice (@vtaservice) November 6, 2021

The Great Mall was formerly a Ford assembly works that was converted successful 1994 to a ample retail tract of immoderate 179 stores and restaurants.

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