South Plains Mall, Lubbock shooting update: What happened as massive police presence at Slide Road; scary videos emerge

A shooting reportedly took place at South Plains Mall at 6002 Slide Road in Lubbock, Texas, on August 15. A shooting reportedly took place at South Plains Mall at 6002 Slide Road in Lubbock, Texas, on August 15, Saturday. Videos showed massive police presence in the area.Massive police presence was seen at South Plains Mall in Lubbock, Texas, amid fears of a shooting. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)The Lubbock Police Department is yet to officially comment on the incident.A local news page noted “Check on your ppl: it has been told to the the806er that allegedly there’s an active shooter at South Plains Mall. Update: Two guys committed armed robbery at Dillards.” A later update from the same page again noted “Allegedly Two guys committed armed robbery at Dillards in South Plains Mall.”South Plains Mall shooting: Scary videos emergeAnother person commented “Yup thats why we are leaving.” Meanwhile, a video showed massive police presence in the area.A scanner page reported “South plains Mall- PD is looking for 2 black males. One is wearing all black and the other is wearing a cream jacket with a purple back pack. Both males are armed. Not sure what originally happened. DPS chopper is out.” However, this information could not be independently verified.A local wrote “Chris and me were the mall when all this was happening. We had no idea what was going on but there was armed cops everywhere!”.Another video was shared online.A photo was shared as well by the same page.(This is a developing story)Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More