Word of a Roosevelt Field Mall shooting sent hundreds of shoppers scrambling out of the New York mall on Monday, Dec. 26, in what later turned out to be a false alarm.
Cellphone footage circulating on Twitter reportedly shows shoppers fleeing into the parking lot after hearing what they thought were gunshots ringing out in the Garden City, Long Island mall. However, police said a food fight in the food court caused the disturbance.
Nassau police reportedly found no evidence of any shots being fired when they arrived on the scene after the disturbance that happened around 6 p.m. the day after Christmas.
Nassau police commissioner Patrick Ryder said the alarming sounds that spurred panic were some chairs and a garbage pail that were turned over in the food court.
The Roosevelt Field Mall is no stranger to shooting scares. Other videos on social media show shoppers in a frenzy in May. No shots were fired then, but some shoppers dropped to the ground in fear….
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