在瓦瓦托萨的梅费尔购物中心发生的枪击事件中，有8人受伤，威斯康星州当局说，星期五。
沃瓦托萨警察局局长巴里·韦伯在一份声明中说，七名成年人和一名青少年受伤被送往医院。他说，他们受伤的程度尚不清楚。
沃瓦托萨市长丹尼斯·麦克布赖德告诉美国广播公司新闻，肇事者“在逃”。
沃瓦托萨警察局周五晚间表示，枪手仍然在逃，但补充说，他们不认为这是一次随机行为，可能是基于初步调查的争吵。
“我们将继续努力采访许多证人，以及受伤的受害者，以确定和逮捕嫌疑人，”警方说。
官员们说，这起事件发生在当地时间下午3点前，当时警方被要求在商场采取积极的射击措施。官员称，目击者称听到了多达十几声枪响。韦伯说，急救人员到达时，枪手已经不在现场。
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2020年11月20日，星期五，美国联邦调查局官员和警察站在梅费尔购物中心外
大约75名警察在密尔沃基西北约7英里的瓦瓦托萨到达现场。“警方正在积极调查梅菲尔购物中心的事件，”沃瓦托萨警方在推特上说。“商场目前关闭。”
联邦调查局密尔沃基办公室也表示，它正在做出回应，以协助当地执法人员。
韦伯说，目击者的初步陈述表明，枪手是一名20多岁或30多岁的白人男性。
“调查人员正在努力确定嫌疑人的身份，”警察局长说。"任何报告枪手身份的信息都是假的。"
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据报道，2020年11月20日，在威斯康星州沃瓦托萨的梅费尔购物中心发生了一起枪击事件。
梅菲尔购物中心物业管理公司布鲁克菲尔德物业公司在一份声明中说:“我们的客人和租户今天遭受了这起暴力事件，我们感到沮丧和愤怒。”“我们感谢瓦瓦托萨警察局的合作伙伴，我们正在配合他们的调查。”
密尔沃基县法医办公室没有被叫到商场。
8 injured in active shooter incident at Wisconsin's Mayfair Mall
Eight people were injured in a shooting at the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa,Wisconsin, on Friday, authorities said.
Seven adults and one teenager were taken to the hospital with injuries, Wauwatosa Chief of Police Barry Weber said in a statement. The extent of their injuries is unknown, he said.
The perpetrator is "at large," Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride told ABC News.
The Wauwatosa Police Department said late Friday that the shooter was still at large, but added they did not believe it was a random act and may have started as an altercation based on a preliminary investigation.
"We will continue to work diligently to interview the many witnesses, as well as the victims who were injured, to identify and apprehend the suspect," police said.
The incident began just before 3 p.m. local time, officials said, when officers were called for an active shooter situation at the mall. Witnesses reported hearing up to a dozen gunshots, officials said. The shooter was no longer at the scene when emergency personnel arrived, Weber said.
About 75 officers descended on the scene in Wauwatosa, about 7 miles northwest of Milwaukee. "Police are actively investigating an incident at Mayfair Mall," Wauwatosa police said in a tweet. "The mall is currently closed."
The FBI's Milwaukee office also said it was responding to assist local law enforcement personnel.
Preliminary statements from witnesses indicate that the shooter is a white male in his 20s or 30s, Weber said.
"Investigators are working on determining the identity of the suspect," the police chief said. "Any information reporting the shooter's identity at this time is false."
"We are disheartened and angered that our guests and tenants were subject to this violent incident today," Brookfield Properties, Mayfair's Mall property management company, said in a statement. "We are thankful for our partners at the Wauwatosa Police Department and we are cooperating with them as their investigation develops."
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office has not been called to the mall.
