Teenager charged for shooting in mall near Pittsburgh

(Reuters) – Pennsylvania police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a shooting that wounded three people, two of them critically, at a Macy’s department store in a mall outside Pittsburgh, local media reported on Sunday.

Tarod Thornhill faces adult charges of aggravated assault, attempted homicide and recklessly endangering other people, according to the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and local television stations.

Police used social media and store surveillance images to locate Thornhill, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday in a nearby Pennsylvania community, the Post-Gazette reported.

The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Monroeville Mall outside Pittsburgh.

Police said one of the victims was the target of the shooting, while the other two were apparently bystanders.

(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Fla.; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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