US mall on lockdown after shots fired

PARAMUS, New Jersey—Police are searching for a gunman at a mall in northern New Jersey after shots were fired inside it just before closing.

WCBS-TV reports that shots were fired at the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall around 9:30 p.m. Monday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

People inside the mall tell the television station that it is on lockdown.

Frightened people are tweeting that they’re being escorted out by armed state troopers. One woman writes that she ran from the mall “screaming.”

Emergency radio transmissions say authorities called in SWAT teams. No contact has been made with a shooter.

The mall is located in Bergen County, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of Manhattan.