One person was wounded in a targeted shooting Wednesday afternoon at the Gardens Mall, and police are now searching for two persons of interest, Palm Beach Gardens police said in a statement Thursday.
The shooting occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. in the west end of the mall, Maj. Paul Rogers said.
Police, who were already inside the mall at the time, locked down the building while searching for the shooter, Rogers said.
One victim was later located at a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening, Rogers said.
“Our investigation indicates this was a targeted shooting, not a random act, and was not an active shooter incident,” Rogers said.
Police are searching for two males who are considered persons of interest. One was described as wearing a purple-hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. The other was described as wearing a green long-sleeve shirt with a multicolored design on the front and blue jeans.
Meanwhile, the mall reopened Thursday morning, one day after gunshots were fired inside, leading panic-stricken shoppers to seek safety and prompting an hours-long police investigation that resulted in few answers about what occurred.