“I started recording and it was just chaos everywhere, people just scattered. The mall cleared out in less than 15 seconds,” the witness said
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NEED TO KNOW
- KeShawn Emery was found dead after a shooting at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Michigan on July 11
- He had allegedly gotten into a fight with the shooter in a food court bathroom before the fatal incident
- “I was sitting at the table eating my food and the next thing I heard was ‘boom’ and then another ‘boom,’ ” a witness said
An alleged bathroom fight ended in a shooting death at a food court.
KeShawn Emery was found dead after a shooting at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. on Saturday, July 11, around 5:20 p.m. local time, according to news outlet Local 4. His family told the outlet he was at the food court with his cousin when the fatal shooting occurred.
Witness Demond Clayton recalled the chaotic scene, telling Local 4, “I was sitting at the table eating my food and the next thing I heard was ‘boom’ and then another ‘boom.’ I said, ‘That’s not fireworks, that’s gunshots,’ so I look around at the mall and everyone just scatters out.”
He recalled getting under the table until the bullets stopped.
“So, I get up, I have on my Meta glasses as you see right here and I started recording and it was just chaos everywhere, people just scattered. The mall cleared out in less than 15 seconds,” Clayton said.
The Auburn Hills Police Department wrote in a press release that officers were already in the area when they received reports of the gunfire.
At the scene, they located a deceased 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The shooter, a 22-year-old man with a Concealed Pistol License, was taken into custody.
“Our initial investigation revealed that the shooter and the deceased male were involved in an altercation earlier inside the food court bathroom. Sometime later, the deceased male and another unknown African American male saw the shooter in the food court common area and attacked the shooter. A physical altercation between the shooter and the two males occurred when the shooting happened,” police said.
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The mall was evacuated and searched.
“This was an isolated, tragic incident,” police said, as no additional injuries were reported.
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Great Lakes Crossing Outlets was closed for the remainder of the day as police conducted their investigation. The case will be presented to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.
“We want to thank our law enforcement partners from around Oakland County, the Great Lakes Crossing security staff, and the Auburn Hills Fire Department for their coordinated response to this incident,” police said.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that they were assisting police with the investigation.
PEOPLE reached out to the Auburn Hills Police Department and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets for comment on Sunday, July 12, but did not receive immediate responses.