(CNN) — Police are responding to reports of a shooter at Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, New Jersey.
At least one gunman is said to have fired shots at security cameras, the state police said late Monday.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Eddie Kahmann, who works inside the mall, told CNN he heard 6 or 7 gunshots around 9:20 p.m. ET.
“There was just people running like crazy, so I quickly just closed my doors, ran to the back, turned off all the lights, music and everything, just to stay hidden,” he said.
Kahmann spoke from inside the mall, one of the largest shopping centers in the New York City area.
Ally Kozic, another mall employee, said she saw “someone dressed in all black, carrying a large gun walk past our store.”
She said she heard loud bangs about 10 minutes before her store was set to close for the night.
There is a large police presence at the mall, which was set to close at 9:30 p.m. ET. There are about 20 vehicles both marked and unmarked.
Gov. Chris Christie this evening issued an angry rebuke to Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford for allowing people to shelter at schools in that community rather than evacuate. Christie said one school is now flooded.
“For those elected officials who decided to ignore my admonition, this is now your responsibility,” Christie said at a news conference at the State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center, the location of the emergency operations command center.
The governor said he cannot quantify how many people decided to shelter at the schools within the city, but he said no rescues will occur from this evening until the morning. He said a 21-member strike team is in place with boats to assist come dawn.
Christie said he also does not know if people are still stuck in one school near the bay that has flooded.
“We’re at a moment now where evacuation is no longer possible and we’re no longer able to come and rescue people,” Christie said.
At a news conference Saturday, Langford and his administration acknowledged their poor exit strategy during Tropical Storm Irene last year would likely cause many of the city’s nearly 40,000 residents to stay put during Sandy to protect their homes and stores.
“Last year we had many residents on school buses, especially elderly residents, for hours at a time,” said Tom Foley, the city’s director of emergency management. “It was totally unacceptable. We think we have a better plan this time.
Oh yeah? How’d that all pan out?
“We’re trying to deal with a hurricane, we’re not worried about that b.s.,” city Office of Emergency Management Director Tom Foley said via cell phone. “We’re trying to move people right now.” — real quote
Unimaginable incompetence at work here. Now they’re trying to move people as the storm makes landfall?
Yeah, kind of like Katrina. Republican says, “Everyone get outta the city!” Black Democrat says, “I think we’ll do it our way, and not listen to the honky.” and now that black Democrat is underwater, he’s like “don’t bug me!”
This is what happens when racial bigotry and affirmative action trumps actual executive experience and leadership ability. I will be willing to bet you streak dinner, that some Democrat, somewhere will find an excuse to blame Chris Christie for this one. You watch and see. This is what happened during Katrina and it is happening again; remember Ray Nagin? Here we go again!
Just saying y’all, just sayin’….
Just to give you an idea of what is going, this below is at 20th St and Ave C in Manhattan. (Via AllahPundit)
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