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NEWS ON CW 18 STARTS NOW. RIGHT NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT TWO PEOPLE AT THE PADDOCK MALL IN OCALA. GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON WESH TWO. I’M LUANA MUNOZ ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER PERSON HURT IN THAT SHOOTING ON SATURDAY. POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS THIS MAN, 39 YEAR OLD ALBERT SHELL JR. WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO SAW THE CHAOS UNFOLD AFTER THE FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED. THE MALL IS STILL CLOSED AFTER THAT DEADLY SHOOTING AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE THE MALL WHEN. IT ALL TOOK PLACE, ARE STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT HAPPENED. YOUR HEART IS RACING. ADRENALINE’S GOING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY, IN MY YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, I’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS. A RETIRED OFFICER WAS AT A JEWELRY STORE WITH HIS FAMILY SATURDAY. INSIDE THE PADDOCK MALL WHEN HE HEARD GUNSHOTS. IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING DROPPED. THAT WAS HUGE. UH, AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT. AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT THAT WAS. I JUST SCREAMED, EVERYBODY GET TO THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW, GET DOWN, GET DOWN! UM, YOU KNOW, GET MY WIFE DOWN ON THE FLOOR. UM, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, I LOOKED UP AND, UH, SAW, YOU KNOW, UH, TWO PEOPLE RUNNING, UH, ONE RUN WAS BEING CHASED. PANIC AND CHAOS ENSUED AT THE MALL AS TOM TRIED TO GO AFTER THE SUSPECT. HE REMEMBERED SEEING THE VICTIM ON THE GROUND. OFFICERS SAY 40 YEAR OLD DAVID NATHANIEL BARRON WAS THE PERSON KILLED IN THAT SHOOTING. ANOTHER PERSON WAS INJURED. OCALA POLICE HAVE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR ALBERT SHELDON JR FOR CHARGES INCLUDING PREMEDITATED. FIRST DEGREE MURDER. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE ACT OF VIOLENCE. OCALA’S MAYOR TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A MESSAGE SAYING THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING. OCALA POLICE ALSO RELEASED PHOTOS OF SHELL FROM INSIDE THE MALL, WHERE HE WAS SEEN IN A BLACK HOODIE AND BLACK PANTS. THE OCALA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD TO SHELL’S ARREST AND THEY’RE OFFERING $5,000 FOR THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL OCALA POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS OF MARION COUNTY IN OCALA, PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA WESH TWO NEWS AND OCALA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS PERSON WHO THEY SAY TOOK THE SHOOTERS HAT FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE RED HAT MAY CONTAIN. VALUABLE DNA EVIDENCE AND THEY’RE ASKING THE PERSON TO COME FORWARD IMMEDIATELY. OR THEY COULD BE ARRESTED FOR FELONY TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. IF