{"id":5029,"date":"2026-07-04T01:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/04\/two-people-dead-and-a-third-injured-in-shooting-at-michigan-shopping-mall\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:39:37","slug":"two-people-dead-and-a-third-injured-in-shooting-at-michigan-shopping-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5029","title":{"rendered":"Two people dead and a third injured in shooting at Michigan shopping mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"2264058c-8095-4748-8f1c-2747c0b10386\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"people outside a building\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a6cd3613489c9f13cce3a80e1c1df47deacca0b8\/286_0_1349_1080\/master\/1349.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.27575982209044\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Law enforcement respond to a shooting at a shopping mall in the city of Dearborn, Michigan, on 3 July 2026.<\/span> Photograph: WXYZ\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"2264058c-8095-4748-8f1c-2747c0b10386\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Law enforcement respond to a shooting at a shopping mall in the city of Dearborn, Michigan, on 3 July 2026.<\/span> Photograph: WXYZ\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">Two people dead and a third injured in shooting at Michigan shopping mall<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>A fight between two groups of young people who knew each other escalated into gunfire, police said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A shooting altercation between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in Dearborn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/michigan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Michigan<\/a>, left two people dead and a third injured over what is typically the most violent weekend of the year in the US, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The shooting occurred as the US began celebrating the Fourth of July, historically a holiday weekend that sees higher rates of gun violence across the country. In 2024, the Gun Violence Archive reported more than 500 shootings over Independence Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The shooting at Fairlane Town Center on Friday sent mall patrons scrambling, including a person who was hit by a vehicle outside the mall while attempting to flee, said Issa Shahin, the Dearborn police chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">People believed to be linked to the fight were being questioned at the police station, but no one was immediately taken into custody, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Shahin said the altercation was not a random act: the two groups knew each other and after they came into contact at the mall a fight started that escalated into gunfire. Members of both groups had handguns, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">One of the victims died inside Fairlane Town Center and the other died at a nearby hospital. Details on the third person who was shot were not released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The mall was evacuated after the shooting and police planned to keep it closed while they investigated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A video posted to social media appeared to show people running from the shopping center after gunshots could be heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Fairlane Town Center has more than 125 stores and restaurants, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Dearborn is a suburb of Detroit with a population of more than 100,000 people about nine miles west of Detroit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tyhrann Howard, Michigan state police specialist lieutenant, said the agency was assisting with the investigation and referred questions to the Dearborn police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A person who answered the phone at the telephone number for mall security declined comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><em>Associated Press contributed reporting<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/michigan\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-crime\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">US crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Two%20people%20dead%20and%20a%20third%20injured%20in%20shooting%20at%20Michigan%20shopping%20mall&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/03\/two-people-dead-michigan-mall-shooting?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjul%2F03%2Ftwo-people-dead-michigan-mall-shooting&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jul\/03\/two-people-dead-michigan-mall-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-axwinp\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement respond to a shooting at a shopping mall in the city of Dearborn, Michigan, on 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}