--- description: Police responded to reports of a shooting at a shopping mall in Florida and confirmed one person had been injured. title: Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm One Person Injured image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1005cef6d334e51d/698a0181b21a9c3e2a502345/police-line.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Florida](/tag/florida/) ## Florida Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm 1 Person Injured  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:11 PM CUTPublished: Oct 13, 2019 9:06 PM CUT  A yellow "do not cross" police line is seen. A yellow "do not cross" police line is seen.Sheila Paras—Getty Images  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:11 PM CUTPublished: Oct 13, 2019 9:06 PM CUT Police responded to reports of a shooting Sunday afternoon at a shopping mall in Boca Raton, Florida and confirmed that one man had been injured and transported to a hospital. Authorities did not apprehend a suspect and there were no other significant injuries reported, police said. The Boca Raton Police Services Department had initially tweeted that the victim had suffered a gunshot wound but during a press conference later in the afternoon police chief Dan Alexander told reporters “we do not know” if there was gunfire and that and that the injury appears to be non-life threatening trauma. > [](https://twitter.com/BocaPolice/status/1183483386607947776) The Boca Raton police Twitter account later issued a correction, clarifying that it was only a “possible” gunshot wound. > [](https://twitter.com/BocaPolice/status/1183501662725513216) Alexander also said the police recovered no weapons but were still investigating who the culprit may be and whether they had any relationship with the victim. The incident appeared to be confined to the mall’s food court area, he said. Local law enforcement said that they were conducting an active search of the area and had told people to “avoid the mall area,” according to a tweet from the Boca Raton Police Services Department shortly after 3:30 p.m. At this time, authorities have not identified the circumstances which led to the shooting, how many shots were fired or if there were any further injuries. > [](https://twitter.com/BocaPolice/status/1183466616857747456) > [](https://twitter.com/BocaPolice/status/1183475140912451584) Authorities did not respond to a request for further information. People at and near Town Center Mall posted videos on social media, showing a chaotic scene with a heavy police presence. One video shows a person running with their phone while it records, a panicked “no, no, no, no, no” can be heard. > [](https://twitter.com/itsogtyler/status/1183467274193293312) > [](https://twitter.com/umdontbejelly/status/1183461666022924288) > [](https://twitter.com/umdontbejelly/status/1183466915492225027) _This story is developing._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5699460/police-responded-shooting-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5699460/police-responded-shooting-florida/"},"headline":"Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm 1 Person Injured","datePublished":"2019-10-13T21:06:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T21:11:00.000Z","description":"Authorities have not yet identified the circumstances which led to the shooting","url":"https://time.com/5699460/police-responded-shooting-florida/","keywords":["Florida","Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1005cef6d334e51d/698a0181b21a9c3e2a502345/police-line.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1005cef6d334e51d/698a0181b21a9c3e2a502345/police-line.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"police-line.jpg","caption":"Yellow police tape","creditText":"Sheila Paras—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5699460/police-responded-shooting-florida/","name":"Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm 1 Person Injured"}}]}] ```