UPDATE | The two victims were pronounced deceased at the hospital. A juvenile male suspect was later arrested in what police are calling a gang-related shooting outside the mall.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Police in Fort Collins are investigating a shooting outside the Foothills Mall Saturday evening that left two people wounded.
The two victims were transported to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are not known.
Police do not have any suspects in custody, but they said investigators are following up on leads.
"Police are investigating multiple leads, utilizing camera footage, witness statements and anybody who was inside the mall at the time," said J Gilmore, communications and public relations manager for Fort Collins police.
Police have not said if the shooting was targeted.
Police were asking the public to avoid the area and issued a shelter-in-place order for those nearby immediately after reports of shots fired came in around 5 p.m. That shelter-in-place order was later lifted.
Mall operations were suspended, and police released anyone who may have sheltered inside the shopping center, located at 215 E. Foothills Parkway, during the shooting.
"There were people inside the mall, including the movie theater police. When police arrived, they were able to secure each business and release folks as they were able to secure those places," said Gilmore.
Video from AirTracker7 shows police have cordoned off a large section of the parking lot on the property’s southwest side.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.
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