Police investigate ‘suspicious call’ from man threatening to shoot inside Cumberland Mall

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CUMBERLAND, GA. — Cobb County police responded to a suspicious call at Cumberland Mall on Thursday afternoon.

Police told Channel 2 Action News that officers responded with guns drawn after receiving the call.

Officers say a man called and said he was inside the mall and was going to start shooting. They searched the mall and did not find anything suspicious.

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Cumberland Mall said the mall was not evacuated.

A spokesperson for the mall told Channel 2 Action News that an incident occurred in Macy’s which operates independently from the mall.

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