Anything to indicate that this is an event of nationwide importance and not local thuggery?
It might be local thuggery. -Tom
snip from Mass. Live By Lucas Ropek | lropek@repub.com on February 03, 2017 at 8:02 PM, updated February 03, 2017 at 8:24 PM
BRAINTREE — Massachusetts State Police have responded to reports of a shooting incident at a shopping mall in Braintree.
Police say it appears that two people were involved in an altercation at the mall and that shots were fired by one or both of them. Police believe at least one of the people involved in the fight has been injured. Both suspects are still at large.