Paddock Mall gun scare sends Mother’s Day shoppers running, forces temporary shutdown

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Mother’s Day shoppers scrambled for cover inside Paddock Mall after a fight broke out and someone waved a gun. The incident forced the mall to shut down temporarily, and Ocala police are now searching for three people they say were involved.

Officers responded just after 1 p.m. Sunday after a report of a shooting. When they arrived, police confirmed no one had been shot or injured. The cause of the altercation has not been released.

Cell phone video captured the terrifying scene: a mother and her four children rushing into an office to hide. In the footage, one of the suspects can be seen coming out of the Zales jewelry store…

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