COLORADO SPRINGS: A man was fatally shot and three people were hurt as gunfire rang out at a shopping center in Colorado on Christmas Eve, police said Sunday.
A fight broke out between two groups of people in the afternoon at the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs and officers received a report of gunshots and responded, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a series of posts on the social media platform X.
One adult male was dead at the scene with a gunshot wound, and two more, each of whom had been shot at least once, were taken to hospitals in serious condition, police said.
A female also was taken to a hospital with what were said to be minor injuries.
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The mall was cleared and closed, police said, and there was no known continuing threat to the community.
Colorado Springs is about 71 miles (114 kilometers) south of Denver.
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