(CNN) -- Police were searching for a person who fired shots Wednesday at the popular Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, wounding five people.
The shooting appeared to take place at the Von Maur store inside the shopping complex, which was locked down, the Nebraska State Patrol said.
Paramedics were at the scene. At least two people were seen being taken from the shopping complex on stretchers and placed in an ambulance.
Shoppers and employees walked out of the building with their hands up.
"I was standing around getting ready to go back to work and all of a sudden I heard this bang, bang, bang -- it sounded like someone shooting fireworks," a witness told CNN affiliate KETV. "I ran to get away from whatever was happening."
Another witness said people started running frantically from the Von Maur area saying there was a shooting.
A woman who works at the mall said she saw a woman shot, and added that the shots seemed to be coming from inside the Von Maur store, on an upper level. E-mail to a friend
Paramedics were at the scene. At least two people were seen being taken from the shopping complex on stretchers and placed in an ambulance.
Shoppers and employees walked out of the building with their hands up.
"I was standing around getting ready to go back to work and all of a sudden I heard this bang, bang, bang -- it sounded like someone shooting fireworks," a witness told CNN affiliate KETV. "I ran to get away from whatever was happening."
Another witness said people started running frantically from the Von Maur area saying there was a shooting.
A woman who works at the mall said she saw a woman shot, and added that the shots seemed to be coming from inside the Von Maur store, on an upper level. E-mail to a friend
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