Police have identified the man, who went amok and fired more than eight shots at a shopping mall in Setia Alam. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspect is a local in his 30s who has 11 prior criminal records.
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00:00A man went on a shooting rampage, firing more than eight gunshots at a shopping mall in
00:07Setia Alam on Saturday night.
00:09A mall cleaner who was putting away cleaning supplies was injured in the leg and backside
00:14after being hit by the gunshot during the incident that happened at about 10pm.
00:20Selangor Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said after firing at the cleaner,
00:27the suspect in his thirties went to the mall's P2 level and fired several shots at the sliding
00:32door before heading to the parking area.
00:35He said the suspect tried to stop a driver whose car was hit by the gunshots.
00:39He said the suspect then pointed the pistol toward another driver and got into the vehicle
00:44before instructing the driver to drop him off near the Pandemaran exit of the Kursas
00:48Expressway.
00:50He said police had recovered more than 10 bullet casings at the stairs and parking areas
00:54of the mall.
00:55He said initial investigation had revealed that the incident was not connected to a goldsmith
00:59robbery, but police are not ruling out the possibility that the suspect was planning
01:03to do so.
01:05Police said the suspect is a local man who has 11 criminal records in the past.
01:09They said they are tracking him down to help with investigation.
01:12The mall's management said on Sunday that they are working closely with the authorities
01:16who had granted approval for them to resume operations.
01:19They said the mall will remain open as usual.
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