Police officials told 6 News that it was a minor disturbance between multiple juveniles.
WACO, Texas — The Waco Police Department responded to disturbance at the Richland Mall Tuesday night, according to police officials.
Police officials told 6 News that it was a minor disturbance between multiple juveniles.
Waco Police received a call around 7 p.m. about possible shots being fired at the Mall, according to a Waco Police Facebook post.
***UPDATE***
A call came in just before 7 p.m. about possible shots fired at Richland Mall. Waco PD officers, MCSO and...
Posted by Waco Police Department on Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Waco PD officers, MCSO and Woodway SWAT arrived to the scene and learned that there was fight between multiple people.
According to police, the fight started outside the mall and some people ran inside saying "he’s got a gun".
Police say no gun was found or reported.
Police swept mall as precaution, per Waco officials.
Richland Mall was closed early.
The Richland Mall has been cleared. Everyone is safe and there was no active shooter. Thank you to Woodway SWAT and MCSO for helping as well.
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A call came in just before 7 p.m. about possible shots fired at Richland Mall. Waco PD officers, MCSO and Woodway SWAT all quickly responded and realized no shots were fired. What had happened was, a fight between multiple individuals started outside the mall and a few from the fight ran inside the mall yelling the word “gun.” Customers then started to run and hide for safety. Responding officers cleared the mall out of an abundance of caution. there were no injuries reported, no shots fired and no arrests were made.
Thank you to the quick response from our officers as well as MCSO and Woodway SWAT.
Cierra Shipley, PIO
Posted by Waco Police Department on Tuesday, December 28, 2021
