As the area was crowded with holiday shoppers, a teenage kid was reportedly shot and injured Friday afternoon in the Clackamas Town Center parking lot in front of the Barnes & Noble store.
According to a family member who spoke to The Oregonian/OregonLive, the teenager was in a car attempting to flee when at least one shooter started shooting. According to the relative, the teenager managed to leap from the vehicle and dash across the parking lot before being caught up and sent to a hospital. We don’t know the teen’s condition.
Following an isolated incident at the Happy Valley mall parking lot, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office subsequently reported that investigators had apprehended a person of interest and that an injured person had been transported to a hospital. According to the sheriff’s office, the mall and surrounding establishments stayed open.
Witnesses reported finding at least four shell casings in the parking area close to the shooting scene. They claimed that the shooter or shooters fled in the direction of a neighboring TriMet station.
A representative for Brookfield Properties, the mall’s owner, chose not to respond.
Police used crime scene tape to close off portions of the mall parking lot, and Oregon City police and Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office units arrived on the scene shortly after the incident.
Due to the police activity, TriMet temporarily paused its MAX Green Line in the region, the company announced on social media.
Bullet shells were scattered over the parking lot after gunshots broke out outside the Cheesecake Factory at Clackamas Town Center earlier this year in April. One individual was hurt.
For The Oregonian/OregonLive, Zaeem Shaikh writes about criminal justice problems and the Portland Police Bureau. You can reach him on X@zaeemshake or at 503-221-4323, [email protected].
— The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Fedor Zarkhin and Laura Gunderson contributed to this article.
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