Black Friday shooting at shopping centre as police scrambled to gunshots

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Police have responded to reports of a shooting at a US mall, where at least one person has reportedly been shot.

Law enforcement officers were called to Southpoint Mall in Durham, North Carolina, USA, on Friday afternoon local time.

Aaron Thomas, a local reporter for WRAL-TV, was at the mall and posted a photograph of several people gathering inside of a store.

He tweeted: "I’m currently locked in a store with other shoppers due to a lockdown situation in Streets at Southpoint Mall in Durham.

"We’re waiting to hear from security what prompted this situation. While shopping, I saw many people running."

Cops reportedly locked down the mall following the reports.

A Twitter user by the name of Lily posted a video of a man being stretchered out of the mall and captioned it: "Southpoint Mall had a shooting. I saw lots a blood and people being brought out in stretchers."

Others claimed that they heard gunshots inside of the mall, however, police have not yet confirmed this.

A video from the scene showed shoppers fleeing in panic as they shouted.

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