February 07, 2015
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Police responded to the Monroeville Mall, about 12 miles east of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a shooting that wounded three people, two of them critically, at a Macy's department store in a mall outside Pittsburgh, local media reported on Sunday.
Tarod Thornhill faces adult charges of aggravated assault, attempted homicide and recklessly endangering other people, according to the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and local television stations.
Police used social media and store surveillance images to locate Thornhill, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday in a nearby Pennsylvania community, the Post-Gazette reported.
The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Monroeville Mall outside Pittsburgh.
Police said one of the victims was the target of the shooting, while the other two were apparently bystanders.
The victims were taken to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, about 12 miles (20 km) east of Pittsburgh, where two were in critical condition and one was in fair condition, according to Dan Laurent, a hospital spokesman.
Police ordered the hospital's emergency department locked down until the gunman was apprehended, said Jesse Miller, another spokesman for the medical facility.
The mall was the scene of a massive, hours-long brawl in December involving hundreds of teenagers that forced the mall to close early.
