NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA. (THECOUNT) — A large police presence was seen responding to a mass shooting Sunday afternoon at a Target store in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
According to Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck, police are investigating a shooting at the Target, 3835 Dryland Way in Easton.
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Houck said people were taken to a hospital, but would not say how many were injured or how seriously.
At least a dozen police cars are scattered around the parking lot, which is taped off in front of the store. Evidence markers were also visible in the lot, as was a handgun on the ground next to one of the markers, reports Mcall.
John Volpe said he was in the store toward the back with his girlfriend, when suddenly there was a panicked stampede to leave, with people yelling there’s a shooter.
He said there was a mad rush of people getting out of the store.
A witness outside the store, who didn’t want to give her name, reported seeing a man who was covered with blood in the parking lot.
Just before 3 p.m., an ambulance left the lot with its siren on.
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Geo quick facts: Northampton County is a county located in the northeastern section of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,735. Its county seat is Easton. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Its namesake was Northamptonshire, England – Wikipedia.