Maryland mall shooting

A Maryland state police officer patrols outside The Mall in Columbia after a gunmen killed two people at the Maryland shopping center. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

Jan. 25, 2014 12 AM PT

A man with a shotgun kills two store employees, and apparently himself, as shoppers scatter and hide.

Heather Saffield watches from her restaurant at The Mall in Columbia as police evacuate the shopping center. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press )

Police deploy around The Mall in Columbia after the shooting there. (Noah Scialom / Baltimore Sun)

Police enter a department store at The Mall in Columbia after the shooting. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

Family members embrace in the parking lot of The Mall in Columbia after the deadly shooting there. (Noah Scialom / Baltimore Sun)

People leave The Mall in Columbia after the fatal shooting. (Jewel Samad / AFPGetty Images)

Shoppers depart after being evacuated from The Mall in Columbia, where a gunman killed two people. (Patrick Smith / Getty Images)