One dead, six injured in California Spirit Halloween store shooting

A shooting occurred at a Spirit Halloween store located in the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, California, on Friday night, resulting in one death and six injuries, according to the Fairfield Police Department as reported by CBS News and ABC News.

The incident took place around 8:30 p.m. local time, with all seven victims suffering gunshot wounds. At least three of the injured were reported to be in critical condition, and the victims were transported to local hospitals for treatment, Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall said, according to NBC News.

Police described the scene as an active crime scene and stated that detectives are interviewing witnesses and reviewing mall security footage to identify the suspect responsible for the shooting, as noted by ABC News and NBC News.

A manhunt is underway for the shooter, and authorities have not yet released further details about the suspect or the motive, according to NBC News and CBS News.

This shooting follows another fatal shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Madison Heights, Michigan, earlier on the same day, where a 21-year-old man was shot and the alleged shooter was hospitalized, CBS News reported.