3 dead, multiple injuries in Indiana Mall shooting

Three people were fatally shot and two were injured on Sunday at a mall in the US state of Indiana after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.

The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.

An armed civilian killed the man, Ison said at a news conference. In total, four people were killed and two were injured, he said. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies are assisting in the investigation.

Greenwood is a south suburb of Indianapolis with a population of about 60,000.