Officer-involved shooting reported at South Carolina mall (UPDATE fatal shooting of an officer)

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Source: AP

FOREST ACRES, S.C. (AP) — The latest on a report of an officer-involved shooting at a South Carolina mall. All times local:

12:25 p.m.

Police say a suspect who was armed with a handgun and a knife is in custody in the fatal shooting of an officer at South Carolina mall.

At a news conference several hours after the Wednesday shooting, Forest Acres police Chief Gene Sealy said the suspect is being questioned.

Police did not detail any charges against the man and did not take questions at the news conference.

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Officer-involved shooting reported at South Carolina mall

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By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER

FOREST ACRES, S.C. (AP) — An officer-involved shooting was reported at a suburban South Carolina mall Wednesday morning, and one person was taken to a hospital with injuries.

But officials did not give details about who was hurt, saying only that shots were fired after two officers responded to a report of a suspicious person at Richland Mall in Forest Acres. The call came in about 8 a.m.

The officers who responded were from the Forest Acres Police Department, Richland County Sheriff's spokesman Chris Cowan said. During their investigation, shots were fired, Cowan said. He didn't give further information on the shooting or the person's injuries.

Both the State Law Enforcement Division and Columbia police were called to help. SLED spokesman Thom Berry said agents and crime scene technicians were requested, and a number were at the scene.

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