Multiple people were reporting on Twitter an incident that appeared to be an active shooting at the Shops at Montebello, as panicked shoppers ran for cover or sheltered inside stores.
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Montebello police, however, tell Eyewitness News there was no shooting at the mall.
A police spokesman did not immediately have full details on the incident, but said an individual is in custody.
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The spokesman added that there was no weapon involved in the incident and no injuries reported.
A smash-and-grab robbery at the same mall in 2019 set off a similar panic among shoppers who heard the sound of smashing glass and took it for gunfire.
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