Terrified Black Friday shoppers fled a crowded Nordstrom in downtown Chicago after a shooting inside the store left a man dead and a woman critically wounded.
MyFoxChicago.com said the gunfire erupted Friday evening around 8:30 p.m. in the cosmetics department on the store’s second floor. Police said the man shot his girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend, and then fatally shot himself. The station said shoppers were so scared they ran out of the store, leaving their bags and coats behind.
“I heard the two pops, then I just heard screaming,” a woman shopper told the station. “Then I just saw people running. I saw bags. It was terrifying.”
Police said the woman was a seasonal employee in the cosmetics department. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was in critical condition.
The Nordstrom’s is in a mall just off Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district.
Tourists from Singapore told the Chicago Sun-Times they were in the mall and heard noises that they thought sounded like shots.
“Does this normally happen on Black Friday?” the 34-year-old man asked.
The pair told the paper they saw people running out of Nordstrom, looking panicked.
“They were scared,” the man said.
True Crime
The hottest stories ripped from the headlines, from crime to courts, legal and scandal.
By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. You understand that you can opt-out at any time.
