While police aren't saying what the issue was between the suspect and victim, they will say that none of it is related to recent high-profile police takedowns of drug suspects. (AP Photo/Darron... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police stand outside of the entrance at the Washington Square Mall on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Indianapolis. "He just started crying and I just had to get him to safety," explained Matthews. The Target, which is connected to Washington Square Mall, was where police said they found two gunshot victims who had been bystanders to a shooting at the southwest entrance of the mall. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three people were injured in a shooting inside an Indianapolis shopping mall Wednesday night when a dispute turned violent and gunfire also struck bystanders, a police commander said. Indianapolis police responded to a report of multiple people shot at the shopping mall.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Officers enter a Target at the Washington Square Mall on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Indianapolis. Indianapolis police responded to a report of multiple people shot at the shopping mall.... (Associated Press) 
 
 All three of the victims were transported to hospitals and one was in serious condition but expected to survive, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Deputy Chief of Operations Brian Mahone said. The victim and gunman could have encountered each other anywhere, Mahone said. The gunman went to the mall, encountered one of the victims and the two had words before the shooting started, Mahone said, 
 
 "This is not a random act and it looks like the suspect and the victim knew each other," he said. Two males, 25 and 26 years old, and one 20-year-old female were wounded. Police say the three victims, two men and a woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, though one of the male victims was taken to the hospital in serious condition. "This (shooting) could've been anywhere these two individuals would've run into each other," Mahone said. Other details about the incident, including how many shots were fired and a description of the suspect, remained scarce. Police did confirm that the suspect did not use a "long gun" or AK-47, as other media outlets were reporting. So that's what Matthews did, running through nearby Burlington Coat Factory and finally outside to his car. It was scary" - witness to Washington Square Mall shooting pic.twitter.com/92cpP31qoG — Jennie Runevitch (@JennieWTHR) October 29, 2015 
 
 Never going to Washington square again.. Idk how someone can just pull a gun out and shoot someone. Mall statement 
 
 Wednesday night, Washington Square Mall property manager Adrian T. Lewis Sr. issued the following statement: 
 
 We can confirm that a shooting occurred this evening at the Washington Square mall. The mall's security staff and Indianapolis Police Department responded quickly. The mall is cooperating fully with the police's investigation. The safety of our shoppers and employees is our top priority. As part of our commitment to promoting a safe shopping environment, we maintain a highly-trained staff that is prepared to respond to a variety of emergency situations. We take numerous proactive measures and coordinate very closely with local officials as a best practice. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families during this difficult time. "People are just chaotic and it's like anarchy.
– A gunman shot three people and terrified hundreds more when he opened fire at a mall in Indianapolis Wednesday night. Police believe the incident was the result of a dispute between the gunman and one of the victims, not a random mass shooting, reports the Indianapolis Star. Police say the suspect entered the Washington Square Mall and opened fire on a man he apparently knew near a Target store. Two women, apparently bystanders, were also shot and all three victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. "This could have been a mall, a park, the gas station," a police spokesman says, per the AP. "This could have been anywhere that these two individuals ran into each other." The gunman has not been apprehended and police have not released a description of him or a possible second suspect. Witnesses tell WTHR that there was chaos in the mall after 10 or 11 shots rang out. A man who ran to safety with his 3-year-old son says he saw two of the victims fall to the ground. "You could tell they were shot. So didn't nobody have time to go back and see if they're okay, because when you hear a gunshot, your first instinct is to run," he says. A woman who had entered Target minutes before the shooting tells the Star that after the shots, "someone started screaming, 'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.' Then it was just deafeningly quiet."