A suspect was found in Davenport, Iowa, after a woman was shot and killed inside Coral Ridge Mall.
The shooting was reported at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2015, at the mall in Coralville, Iowa. Witnesses reported the gunfire happened in or near the food court area.
The shooting was later confirmed by a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
Initial reports indicated a man allegedly opened fire inside the building before he fled in a blue passenger car, last seen eastbound from the mall. The suspect car was described as a blue passenger car, possibly a Corolla or an Acura, with Texas plates.
A witness at a nearby Target store reported hearing three to four shots fired.
Police later confirmed a female victim was killed. Her identity was not yet released.
Mall patrons and employees were reportedly trapped inside stores as the building was secured. Others were immediately evacuated.
Just before 8:30 p.m. an officer in an Iowa State Patrol car had reportedly spotted a vehicle, matching the description of the suspect car, on eastbound Interstate 80 at about mile marker 288.
Police stopped that vehicle on I-80 at mile marker 294, in Davenport, Iowa, about an hour after the shooting; and they took the male driver into custody without incident. No one else was in the car.
A spokesman for Iowa Governor Terry Branstad tweeted an update that the suspect was in custody and that there was no further danger to the public in connection with the shooting. A short time later a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Safety also confirmed the suspect was in custody.
We were in Target & heard 3-4 shots fired in the food court area of Coral Ridge Mall, evacuated immediately. @KCRG http://t.co/qYwS3EwZ7z—
Elise Loyola Mance (@MrsEliseMance) June 13, 2015
