Police
and
emergency
crews
respond
to a
reported
shooting
at the
Boise
Towne
Square
shopping
mall
Monday,
Oct. 25,
2021, in
Boise,
Idaho.
(Darin
Oswald/Idaho
Statesman
via AP) |
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Boise
Police
Chief
Ryan Lee
speaks
at a
press
briefing
to
confirm
that
four
people
were
injured
and two
people
died
following
a
shooting
at Boise
Towne
Mall on
Monday,
Oct. 25,
2021.
(Photo
by Sarah
A.
Miller
smiller@idahostatesman.com) |
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2 people
killed,
4
injured
in
shooting
at Boise
mall;
suspect
also
wounded,
in
hospital
By
Nicole
Blanchard,
Kyle
Land
idahostatesman.com
BOISE,
ID - Two
people
were
fatally
shot and
4 others
were
injured
at the
Boise
Towne
Square
mall
Monday
afternoon.
Stick
with the
Statesman
as we
report
the
latest
in this
developing
story.
Boise
police
have
confirmed
that two
people
were
killed
and four
others
were
injured,
including
a police
officer,
in a
shooting
at the
Boise
Towne
Square
mall on
Monday
afternoon.
The
unnamed
gunman
was
injured
during
an
exchange
of fire
with
police
and is
in
critical
condition,
Boise
police
announced
Monday
evening.
At a
news
conference,
Boise
Police
Department
Chief
Ryan Lee
stressed
that the
investigation
was
ongoing.
Neither
the
suspect
nor any
of the
victims
have
been
publicly
identified.
According
to Lee,
officers
responded
to
reports
of shots
fired at
the mall
on North
Milwaukee
Street
at
around
1:50
p.m.
Monday.
He said
that
“events”
took
place
inside
and
outside
the
mall,
although
he did
not say
exactly
where
these
events
happened
or their
relation
to the
shooting.
“Shortly
after
responding
on
scene,
officers
encountered
an
individual
matching
the
suspect’s
description,
and
there
was an
exchange
of
gunfire
that
ensued
shortly
thereafter,
resulting
in the
officer’s
injury,
as well
as the
suspect
being
taken
into
custody,”
Lee
said.
Lee said
the Ada
County
Critical
Incident
Task
Force
will be
investigating
the
officer-involved
part of
the
case,
but
Boise
police
will
investigate
other
aspects
of the
shooting.
Boise
police
later
said the
task
force
would be
led by
the
Meridian
Police
Department.
Lee said
Boise
police
were
still
working
to clear
the mall
and
contact
the
families
of the
injured
and
deceased.
He
declined
to
answer
specific
questions
about
the
incident,
citing
the
investigation
into the
officer-involved
aspect.
“I
cannot
stress
enough
how
traumatic
this
event is
for the
community
at
large,
as well
as for
those
that
were
witnesses,
or the
families
of those
involved
or
involved
themselves,”
Lee
said.
Boise
Towne
Square
announced
on its
Facebook
page
that the
mall
would be
closed
to the
public
on
Tuesday
“in
observance
and
respect
for our
community.”
In its
news
release,
BPD said
individuals
who need
to
retrieve
items
left at
the mall
will be
able to
do so
Tuesday.
Police
said
further
information
would be
shared
on the
department’s
Twitter
and
Facebook
pages.
Boise
Mayor
Lauren
McLean
also
spoke at
the news
conference.
She
extended
thanks
to first
responders
and mall
employees.
“I want
to thank
the
shopkeepers,
the
people
in the
mall
that
reacted
so
quickly
to take
care of
folks
that
were
there,”
McLean
said.
“You
showed
in a
tough
and
chaotic
moment
how much
you care
and what
you’re
willing
to do to
support
and care
for
strangers.”
Gov.
Brad
Little
said a
statement
posted
to
Twitter
that the
state
was
prepared
to
assist
Boise
police
in the
investigation.
Those
injured
in
today’s
unthinkable
shooting
at the
Boise
Towne
Square
Mall are
in my
prayers.
The
State of
Idaho
stands
prepared
to
assist
the
Boise
Police
Department
as they
investigate
the
shooting.
— Brad
Little
(@GovernorLittle)
October
25, 2021
The Ada
County
Coroner’s
Office
said in
a news
release
Monday
that it
was
responding
to the
situation
and
expected
to have
updates
on
Tuesday.
This
story
was
originally
published
October
25, 2021
4:52 PM.
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