North Carolina mall parking shooting: 13-year-old girl killed

Concord police responded to a call about a fight outside a Dave and Buster's at Concord Mills mall Saturday night, police said in a statement.
For representational purposes (Photo | AP)
For representational purposes (Photo | AP)

CONCORD (US): A 13-year-old girl was killed in a shooting at a North Carolina mall parking lot and two other juveniles were hurt, police said.

Concord police responded to a call about a fight outside a Dave and Buster's at Concord Mills mall Saturday night, police said in a statement.

Officers discovered there had been a shooting and that two boys had suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police had said in tweets that the 13-year-old girl died at the scene. Her name was not immediately released.

It's unclear what led to the shooting. Concord is a suburb of Charlotte.

Police there previously said they had secured the mall's perimeter and stressed that it was not an active shooter situation; the statement didn't include information about any arrests.

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