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Shooting Reported at Stratford Square Mall

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (WLS) --Parts of a Bloomingdale mall were closed Tuesday after an alleged shooting.

Bloomingdale police said part of Stratford Square Mall were blocked off after an employee got into an altercation with another person over a loss prevention incident. The altercation continued from inside the mall into a parking lot.

Bloomingdale police said they responded to the parking lot outside the mall's Burlington Coat Factory location at approximately 1:30 p.m.

Two people were transported to the hospital, police said. According to officials, at least one of the injured had sustained a gunshot wound. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

Police said a person of interest is being treated at the hospital.

There is no active shooter or danger to the community, and the entire mall was open for business as of 3:30 p.m., officials said.

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