Store owner arrested in shooting of 9-year-old girl at California mall
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A store owner has been arrested in the shooting at a Southern California mall of a 9-year-old girl police said was hit by an errant bullet.
A store owner has been arrested in the shooting of a 9-year-old girl police said was hit by an errant bullet at a Southern California mall when the merchant allegedly opened fire on a pair of shoplifters he was chasing.
Marqel Cockrell, 20, was being held on $1 million bail after he was arrested in Nevada and booked on suspicion of attempted murder, the Victorville Police Department announced Wednesday.
The shooting unfolded around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville, police said.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department sent deputies to the mall after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire at the shopping center, authorities said. Multiple law enforcement agencies also responded to the scene as the mall was placed on lockdown and officers began to evacuate people and searched for the shooter, who apparently fled by the time officers arrived.
