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IN SAN ANTONIO.
AUSTIN POLICE SWARMED
BARTON CREEK SQUARE MALL THIS
MORNING - AFTER GETTING A
REPORT THAT SEVERAL ARMED MEN
WERE IN THE BUILDING...
AS KXAN'S ANGIE BEAVIN SHOWS
US - THE CALL SPURRED AN
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM POLICE
THAT WENT BEYOND THE MALL...
MALL...
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APD SAYS AFTER SENDING TEAMS
OF OFFICERS INTO THE MALL THEY
DETERMINED THERE WAS NO THREAT
AND BUSINESS CONTINUED AS
CLOSE DOWN WHILE POLICE
COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION
- THEY SAY WHEN THEY GET A
TAKE ALL THREATS SERIOUSLY.á
AROUND 11:30 APD SENT DOZENS
SQUARE MALL.THEY TEAMED UP IN
PAIRS SEARCHING STORE BY STORE
FOR WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A
GROUP OF MEN, ARMED WITH
WEAPONS.POLICE DIDN'T FIND ANY
THREAT âBUT THE INITIAL
CALL WAS ENOUGH TO WARRANT
LOCKDOWN TEMPORARILY,A STUDENT
AT NEARBY HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE
CONCERNED..LAUREN PROTHRO
SAYS, "EVERYONE STARTED
ALL ON THE TRACK, AND EVERYONE
STARTED GETTING SCARED,
WASN'T A DRILL WE WERE ALL
US KNEW WHY."
LT. ELY REYES SAYS, "WE ARE
ON A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF
AWARENESS AND WE DO WANT THE
PUBLIC TO AL HAVE A HEIGHTENED
SENSE OF AWARENESS AND
SECURITY AND NOTIFY POLICE IF
THEY DO SEE ANY SUSPICIOUS BEHAIOR."