Crabtree Valley Mall In Raleigh, North Carolina On Lockdown After Reports Of Gunshots Fired Inside

So scary!!
Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina has been placed on a lockdown after witnesses on scene told police they heard “five to six” gun shots fired there earlier on Saturday afternoon.
According to local news reports out of Raleigh, multiple eyewitnesses said that someone began firing shots at 2:30 p.m. local time at the mall.
As to be expected, those inside — and out — are scared and shaken, to say the least, though as far as we currently know, no suspects have yet been arrested and nobody has yet been reported wounded or killed inside the mall.
Nevertheless, Raleigh police officers have shut down the area, and those in the parking lot and elsewhere around the mall have taken to social media to report on what’s going on.
That is including one woman (below) who confirmed her family was locked in a store closet for more than an hour, but remained safe:

We bonded with strangers in a closet in Crabtree mall. We prayed. We strategized. We gathered weapons. We hugged. pic.twitter.com/Dbw39fZze7
— Deborah Berry (@dberrygannett) August 13, 2016

My family is safe!! We were locked in a store closet for more than one hour at Crabtree Valley Mall. God is good pic.twitter.com/rDovXp9Cpo
— Deborah Berry (@dberrygannett) August 13, 2016

And there are more on-the-ground reports from Raleigh citizens allegedly inside the mall have been forthcoming (below) the last hour through Twitter:

Thanks @Marriott for providing shelters to people after Crabtree Mall lockdown. #raleigh #nc pic.twitter.com/hKIrY5LxZW
— Mr. L (@laxpanthi) August 13, 2016

Shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall in #raleigh #nc pic.twitter.com/TK37IkA80d
— Amy Adams Mackey (@AmommaMac) August 13, 2016

Photo: #Raleigh, NC, police officer in food court area of Crabtree Valley Mall#NorthCarolina pic.twitter.com/FsShjyk5tX
— Cloud News (@cloudnews7) August 13, 2016

I just spoke with a man who is still at the Crabtree Valley Mall. He says many people are hiding in the back of stores. Heard 10-12 shots.
— Nick LaGrange (@theNickLaGrange) August 13, 2016

I’m working at Crabtree and it’s a shooter in the mall , DON’T COME and pray for us !
— KIARA F. (@DoItLike_Kiara) August 13, 2016

THERE IS A SHOOTER IN CRABTREE VALLEY MALL. I AM CURRENTLY LOCKED INSIDE AMERICAN EAGLE. PLEASE SEND PRAYERS
— saleena wilson (@saleenur) August 13, 2016

we were just evacuated with our hands in the air. they’re moving everyone to the Marriott across the street while they secure the building.
— saleena wilson (@saleenur) August 13, 2016

Ugh — so, so scary.
Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody involved — let’s hope this situation deescalates with no injuries or lives lost, and that officers get a handle on whatever is happening inside the mall.
[Image via Twitter.]