Gunmen kill guard in robbery at mall

MIAMI — An armored truck guard was shot to death at a suburban Miami mall Monday while making a cash pickup at a clothing store. Police were searching for two gunmen.

The suspects fired shots while attempting to rob the guard inside the Express store at the Dadeland Mall around 11 a.m., authorities said. Police did not release further details, and it was unclear if the men took any money.

Witnesses said they heard numerous gunshots and described shoppers screaming and running through the mall.

The guard was airlifted and pronounced dead at the hospital, Miami-Dade Detective Aida Fina-Milian said. Another person was hurt, but their specific injury was not immediately released.

Jennie Block, 59, was shopping for clothes when she said she heard about 10 gunshots from a nearby store. "There was screaming and yelling and chaos," she said.

Another shopper, Jorge Divo, was having coffee in the food court when he saw a crowd of shoppers running, screaming "that someone had been shot."

Simon Property Group, which owns the mall, said in a statement that stores were open except in the area near the shooting. The Dadeland Mall is about 15 miles southwest of downtown Miami. It has more than 185 specialty stores, department stores, shops and boutiques.