RALEIGH, N.C.
Gunshots reported at mall
Witness reports of gunshots ringing out inside a busy North Carolina mall caused chaos Saturday afternoon as shoppers ran screaming for the doors or sheltered in stores while dozens of officers arrived. Police said hours later they were investigating but hadn’t confirmed whether any shots had been fired, adding no one was found wounded by gunfire although there were several minor injuries among people running away.
REXBURG, IDAHO
Family saves girl from cougar
A family camping in eastern Idaho scared off a mountain lion that tried to snatch their 4-year-old daughter away from a campfire. Idaho Fish and Game said Saturday that the cougar dropped the girl and left Friday evening after family members yelled at the animal. The child had a few scratches but no other injuries. The family was camping near Green Canyon Hot Springs and had spotted the mountain lion earlier that day. Fish and Game regional conservation educator Gregg Losinski said such attacks are unusual. Agency officials tracked the cougar Saturday, and deputies killed it.
MILWAUKEE
Crowd violent after shooting
A crowd gathered and at times grew violent Saturday night in a Milwaukee neighborhood where a police officer killed a man after a traffic stop and foot chase earlier in the day. Police said the man had a handgun. Over 100 people had a standoff with 20 to 30 officers, some of whom wore riot gear, several hours after the shooting. Officers tried to leave at one point, and some in the crowd started smashing a squad car’s windows. Another police car was set on fire, and an officer was hospitalized after a brick was thrown through his window. Police said a gas station was set ablaze but firefighters reach it because of gunfire.
SALEM, ORE.
First pot growers’ fair opens
People flocked to Oregon’s first-ever marijuana growers’ fair Saturday where a competition for best pot plants was held, with winners to be displayed at the Oregon State Fair. The two-day Oregon Cannabis Growers’ Fair underscores how the once-illicit industry is starting to go mainstream in Oregon, one of four states to legalize recreational marijuana use.
Compiled from wire reports