2 wounded in shooting in mall lot

A store employee and another man both suffered gunshot wounds Tuesday when an altercation at a mall in northwest suburban Bloomingdale spilled into the parking lot.

About 1: 30 a. m., officers responded to what a caller mistakenly described as an active shooter situation at the Stratford Square Mall, 152 Stratford Drive, according to Frank Giammarese, director of public safety for the Bloomingdale Police Department. Officers found two men suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot.

An investigation revealed that one of the men was working as a loss prevention agent at a Burlington Coat Factory store when he got into a dispute with the other man, Giammarese said. A struggle spilled into the parking lot, where the employee was shot by the other man. The armed manwas also wounded, but itwas unclear how he was shot. A gun was recovered, Giammarese said.

Both men were taken to hospitals with injuries that weren’t thought to be life- threatening, Giammarese said. The man who had the gun was placed in custody.