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Third suspect arrested in South Carolina mall shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police have arrested a third suspect named in an Easter weekend mall shooting in South Carolina that wounded nine people. The Columbia Police Department said Thursday that Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith turned himself in to authorities and is now detained in the Lexington County Detention Center. Smith and two other men face charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault after police said they engaged in a shootout at a busy Columbia shopping center and hit bystanders with their bullets. Another six were injured in the rush to exit Columbiana Centre in the state’s capital city. No fatalities have been announced.

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