Minnesota mall shooting leaves 2 juveniles in custody; suspected gunman still at large

Police are searching for a suspected gunman following a shooting at Maplewood Mall in Minnesota on Sunday that left one man wounded.

Fox 9 Minneapolis–St. Paul reported that two juveniles were taken into custody and booked into the Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of third-degree riot.

The local station said investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a fight involving a group of people in the mall’s lower concourse.

When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the hip. He was transported to Regions Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

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CBS News reported that police described the suspected shooter as a male with a small build wearing a black stocking hat, a black jacket, a white shirt and black pants.

The Maplewood Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for additional information.

Miranda Klein, who works at Maplewood Mall, told Fox 9 that customers reported a fight in the bathroom shortly before gunfire rang out.

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"The customer told me that there was fighting happening in the bathroom from a bunch of high school kids. And that was right when we heard the shot," she said. "Of course, at first everybody was just confused. You can’t really process what happened until after it happens."

Another employee, Cat Vang, said she heard gunshots and saw people running. 

"We just heard like some gunshots and then we saw all the kids just like run the other direction," Vang told reporters.

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Maplewood Mall said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the shooting was an isolated incident and involved two individuals under the age of 22.

"We want to sincerely thank our local police officers and security team for their immediate response and professionalism," the mall said. "Because of their quick action, the situation was safely contained before anyone else was injured. The safety of our guests, employees, and community remains our highest priority."

Family member of armed man who breached Mar-a-Lago perimeter describes personality, politics

The cousin of an armed man shot and killed after driving into the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate described him as a "good kid" who never talked politics, saying the incident was "mind-blowing."

Braeden Fields, a cousin of the man authorities identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, described Martin as quiet, afraid of guns and from a family of avid Trump supporters.

"He’s a good kid," Fields, 19, told The Associated Press, adding that the two grew up together. "I wouldn’t believe he would do something like this. It’s mind-blowing."

Fields described Martin as generous, saying he would regularly donate money he earned from work at a local golf course to charity.

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"He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun," Fields said.

He said his cousin didn’t discuss politics.

"We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody," Fields said, but his cousin was "real quiet, never really talked about anything."

Martin allegedly made an "unauthorized entry" through the north gate of the resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as another vehicle was exiting around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

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Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters at a press conference that the suspect was seen carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. He said Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy then confronted the suspect.

"He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him – at which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position," Bradshaw told reporters. "At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat."

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Trump, who often spends weekends at Mar-a-Lago, was at the White House at the time of the breach.

Martin’s family had reported him missing around 1:38 a.m. Sunday, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

A neighbor of the Martin family described seeing the 21-year-old’s mother go to a gas station to report him missing.

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"She had no idea where he was," Cindy Carlyle told WRAL News. "She was very upset, and she just made the comment that she had gotten a text from him, you know, saying that, 'I'm okay, I love you.'"

Cindy's husband, Danny Carlyle, told the outlet that the situation was tragic and was likely something that could have been avoided.

"It's just like a nightmare ... things like this don't happen close to home," he said.

The sheriff’s office said it had no prior history with the 21-year-old and has since turned over the missing person case information to federal authorities.

Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile on Martin.

Fox News Digital’s Ashley Carnahan, Sophia Compton and Greg Wehner, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.

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