Hostage situtation at Mall in Tacoma, WA

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1331755

TACOMA, Wash. Nov 20, 2005 — A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall Sunday and was believed to have taken two or three people hostage inside a music store, authorities said.

At least six people were injured, one critically, as shoppers and store clerks scrambled for cover as the shots rang out.

"We're being held hostage," an employee who answered the phone at the Sam Goody store in Tacoma Mall said, identifying himself as Joe Hudson. He said little else but could be heard telling others that he was talking to The Associated Press. Then he hung up.

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