Jan 17, 2015 2 min read

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A shooting Saturday morning at a mall in central Florida left two people dead and one other injured, police said.

After responding to reports around 9:30 a.m. of multiple shots fired inside the Melbourne Square Mall, police tweeted the “shooter is contained” and that officers were clearing the mall store by store.

Melbourne Police Cmdr. Vince Pryce said 57-year-old Jose Garcia Rodriguez of Palm Bay died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday at the Melbourne Square Mall.

Pryce said Garcia’s 33-year-old wife Ida was hospitalized in good condition and cooperating with investigators.

Melbourne Mayor Kathy Meehan told Florida Today all police officials told her was that the shooting followed a domestic dispute between a woman who worked at the mall’s food court and her husband.

Another man also died in the shooting; however, his name wasn’t released, and Pryce said his relationship to the Garcias remained under investigation.

Pryce said three guns were recovered and Garcia had “several pockets full of ammunition.”

Officers reported hearing gunshots as they arrived on scene, but no other threats were located after a search of the building store by store, police said.

Local television news broadcasts showed yellow police tape stretched across a mall entrance and the parking lot.

Donna Evans of Melbourne said she was in the food court when she heard gunfire about 20 to 25 feet away.

“We had just gotten our food to sit down by Starbucks and Chik-fil-A, and you just hear the ‘pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,’ and you just drop everything and your body just makes you run,” Evans told Florida Today. Police said about 100 people were in the mall preparing to open stores when officers responded to reports of multiple gunshots around 9:30 a.m.

The mall was evacuated and remained closed Saturday as police continue to investigate.