Crime & Safety
Roosevelt Field Mall Fight, False Reports of Shooting Cause Scare
BREAKING: Shoppers dashed for the mall exits Monday evening.
GARDEN CITY, NY – A fight at the Roosevelt Field Mall triggered a mad dash for the exits Monday evening amid false reports of a shooting, police said.
The fight broke out in the mall food court around 6:30 p.m. Several shoppers called police to report a shooting, but police said no shots were fired.
Two people suffered minor injuries in the fight, Newsday reported.
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The incident comes exactly a year after a similar scare at the mall. On Dec. 26, 2015, a fight in the food court spread rumors of a shooting. No one was injured in that fight.
All clear given after FALSE reports of shooting at Roosevelt Field Mall. Some shoppers got locked in stores. Watch @News12LI for updates. pic.twitter.com/IyeKD7MQio
— Andrew Ehinger (@News12Andrew) December 27, 2016
Scariest moments at Roosevelt Field Mall, I've ever had..was with my sisters when we heard something & a stampede happened
— Kangwa (@Kay0fSunshine) December 27, 2016
Never had an experience like that before. Had to run out #rooseveltfieldmall with my girlfriend. Don't know if there was a shooter or not
— Sean (@SpaceHigh99) December 27, 2016
that incident at roosevelt field mall was probably the scariest thing that's ever happened to me
— ☆BERRI! (@softpantsu) December 27, 2016
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