Police: No shots fired in incident at Henderson mall

Police responded to a Henderson mall after a report of a possible shooter on Saturday, but while officers arrested a man and recovered a gun after a fight, no shots were fired, police said.

“At approximately 12 p.m., the Henderson Police and Fire Departments responded to the Galleria Mall located in the 300 block of Sunset Road in reference to an unknown problem and possibly a shooter,” the Henderson Police Department said in an emailed statement Saturday afternoon.

“A handgun was recovered but was not discharged during this incident,” police said in a second email update Saturday afternoon.

According to Henderson police, a loss prevention employee “attempted to apprehend an individual for a suspected theft when a fight ensued.

“The suspect ran and was later apprehended at a nearby business,” police said.

Both the suspect and loss prevention employee were transported to nearby hospitals for minor injuries.

Malik Horton, 20, was taken into custody and was to be booked into the Henderson Detention Center on multiple charges including battery with substantial bodily harm, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary while in possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest, police said.

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