1 dead after daylight shooting outside Market Mall in northwest Calgary

Calgary police say they are investigating a fatal shooting outsideMarket Mall in northwest Calgary Saturday.

"Our Homicide Unit is currently on scene investigating the death of a man which occurred earlier today outside of a mall in the northwest," the police said in a release.

According to the statement, police officials arrived at the scene after receiving "reports of shots fired" nearthe south entrance of Market Mallat approximately 2:21 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

First responders took "a man in medical distress" to the hospital where he was declared dead.

The statement added that an autopsy has been scheduled for Monday.No suspects are in custody at the moment.

The police arecurrently on the lookout for a "white 2015 - 2016 model Volvo XC60" that was believed to be in the area at the time of the incident.

Calgary Police Staff Sgt. John Guigon said the first call regarding the incident came in around 2:20 p.m. Saturday and officers wereinterviewing witnesses.

Police locked down the mall, Guigon said, and did a sweep for other victims.

He said the mall has since re-opened. There wasstill an area of the mall's parking lot taped off with dozens of cars surrounded by police tape.

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