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CEDAR PARK, Texas – Law enforcement is responding to Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Austin Police Department, Austin Fire Department and ATCEMS all have crews on scene, according to videos posted by FOX 7 Austin’s Rudy Koski.

4:29 p.m.

According to Koski, tactical units are staging at the mall:

4:27 p.m.

Austin police say on social media that officers are responding to a “shoot/stab hotshot” at the mall, but add that this is an isolated incident and does not appear to be an active shooter.

APD is asking the public to please avoid the area.

4:15 p.m.

FOX 7 Austin’s Rudy Koski shared video from the mall on social media, showing Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies on scene,

Koski also spoke with someone who was inside the mall who said he heard a loud bang while inside the Claire’s on the lower level near the Dillard’s.

“I went outside to stick my head around and there was just a stampede of people running towards us, so we just yelled ‘Everybody run’ and we went through the back, where there’s some hallways and stuff and employees escorted us out,” he said.

Another witness reported hearing a big bang while inside the restroom at the mall.

“Then we started hearing everybody yelling, everybody screaming, and then we saw this worker who ran into this exit and was like, we gotta leave, we gotta leave,” she said. 

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