An accidental firearm discharge at the Florida Mall in Orlando prompted people to evacuate and a significant police response, according to officials and witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initial reports suggested a shooting was taking place at the Orlando mall on Sunday afternoon. However, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office later confirmed<\/a> that the incident was the result of an accidental firearm discharge, which injured the person handling the weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Footage shared on social media showed people evacuating the Florida Mall as police and emergency medical services responded to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My boyfriend and I were just at Florida Mall inside Charlotte Russe about to check out, when I heard a woman hollering loudly and saw people running for their lives through the mall and people behind me started pushing me and other people saying ‘GO, GO, GO!'” a witness told<\/a> WOFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was there with my son, about to eat at Pico de Gallo, and the shotguns sounded like inside the restaurant, I was ordering food in an external table,” another witness told<\/a> WOFL. “It was chaos. People running and screaming.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n