Shoppers Rush Out of Virginia Mall Following Gun Discharge
Panicked shoppers rushed out of a mall in Tysons, Virginia, on Saturday, June 18, after a gun was discharged.
This video, captured by Fellissimo Gannon, shows people exiting a Nordstrom store at Tysons Corner Center through a stairwell and out towards a parking garage through an emergency exit.
According to Fairfax County Police, a fight broke out between a small group at Tysons Corner Center and a firearm was discharged. Police advised the public to avoid the area.
No injuries were reported. Credit: Fellissimo Gannon via Storyful
Video Transcript
- Come on, Trey. Trey, where are you?
- What happened?
- I don't know.
- Trey, Trey.
- Run, run, run.
- Run, run, run, run.
- Exit.
- Run.
- Everybody leave.
- Trey.
- Move, move.
- Would you make leave him? Trey. Wait, wait, wait. We are not tracing.
- Everybody. Listen, everybody. Everybody leaves.
- I didn't hear it.
- OK.
- Get the sign.
- What is that?
- I don't know, but everybody's left from the store. They crossed over. Everybody. They were copied directly, too.
- That's what I'm saying.
- So I'll probably see her, probably recognize.
- I'm going to be the last one out.
- We can leave here.
- What did you hear?
- No, everybody said--
- No, I was on the floor and then everyone started running from the mall and then--
[SIREN WAILING]
- Whoo.
- Show me up ahead.
- The car is up ahead.
- You can--
- I don't know.
- Oh my God.
- Let's go.
- All right. Let's just get a spot.
- Let's sit down.
- See that tech piece?
- Up here.
- You have your keys?
- Yep.
- OK.
- Are we going to try to drive out of here?
- I don't know. I don't know that we need to-- I think we should just get across the street.
