There are reports of a shooting at Town Square Mall on Las Vegas Boulevard, David Charns of CBS-affiliated 8NewsNow confirmed on Twitter, citing sources.
Charns added, “It appears, at this point, that there are no injuries and the shooting started as a fight.”
Another Twitter user posted, “shooting in town square? my friend was there about to eat at a restaurant and everyone started running the other direction.”
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To this, an individual replied, “Def thought I heard something as I was leaving, hope you’re ok”.
A profile on Twitter observed, “Used to work at Town Square, closely modelled on The Grove in LA, or like Commercial Center also in Vegas which saw like a 17 injury shooting spree that killed a few at a hookah shop like.,,earlier this year”.
Town Square is an open-air shopping, dining, office, and entertainment centre owned by Plant Holdings North America, Inc. with TSLV LLC. The ground for the mall was broken in May 2005 and it opened its doors to the public on November 14, 2007.
As per the Town Square code of conduct, “Firearms are not permitted on [the] property unless specific permission has been granted by property management.”
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Las Vegas is among the most populated states in the US and the most populated in the state of Nevada. As per Everytown, a non-profit advocating for gun safety in the country, Nevada has taken great strides in making the state safe from gun violence. It ranks eighteenth in the nation in terms of gun law strengths.
There have been background checks initiatives, and an Extreme Risk Law has been added, besides the requirement to store guns securely so children cannot access them. Despite aiming for lower gun violence, Nevada still has a dangerous Stand Your Ground law in place and there are no regulations against the open carrying of firearms.
