Shots fired at the Dayton Mall caused the mall to be under heavy security and many stores closed as police investigated the situation, as News Center 7 reported earlier Sunday .
As reported on News Center 7 at 11, The gunshot that prompted the lockdown was from a teen mishandling a gun and shooting themself, according to Miami Township Assistant Police Chief Jason McCarty.
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Mindy Meltzer heard the gunshot as she was leaving Macy’s. She says that mall employees started asking people to leave.
“I need to get everybody out. I need everybody to leave,” Meltzer said…