To follow mconvente's diary. The shooter has been found, in the mall, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot.
Per this ABC News report.
The gunman who opened fire inside a sprawling New Jersey mall was found dead inside the mall early this morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities identified the suspect as Richard Shoop, 20, and said his body was found in a back area of mall around 3:20 a.m.
Police discovered his body hours after they say the gunman entered the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall Monday night and fired his weapon at least six times, authorities said at an early morning news conference. The gun, described as a rifle, was owned lawfully by his brother, police said.
Schoop, according to police, had a suicide note.
Just a quickie update.