A false report of an active shooter drew police to Ontario Mills mall Monday, investigators said.
“A shooting did not happen,” Ontario Police Chief Mike Lorenz wrote in a tweet. “Ontario PD is investigating the person who made the false claim.”
Video posted to social media showed a largely empty food court strewn with overturned chairs. Two people crouched on the ground behind a booth.
Ontario police responded to the mall following reports of a disturbance and were trying to figure out if a crime took place, the Police Department tweeted at 2:10 p.m.
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This story originally appeared on LA Times
