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Florida Mall Shooting Kills Two, Injures One in Melbourne

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Melbourne: A gunman has reportedly opened fire in Florida mall killed one while injured his wife on Saturday morning.

According to foreign news agency a gunman has opened fire at a Florida mall killed one employee of the store while injured another one, the assailant has also been dead from self-inflicted gunshot injury.

Florida police officials stated it domestic dispute between a woman, working in the Melbourne Square Mall food court, and her husband who shot dead one when opened fire to her wife, however, his wife has been injured in this shooting.

Melbourne Mayor Kathy Meehan said that man, identified as Jose Garcia Rodriguez, has passed away at hospital over critical self-inflicted wound while his wife named Ida Garcia has minor injury and left safe.

Police Commander Vince Pryce described the situation that shooting started around 9:30 on Saturday morning; police reached immediately and cleared the mall after an hour, although mall still closed till the final investigation report but likely to reopen on Sunday.

An employee stated that he was in the kitchen of the mall when listen six or more continuous shot, ran away outside through back entrance.

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