DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — Police are looking for a gunman who fired a gun inside a busy Douglas County store.
The shots were fired inside a Best Buy around 12:30 p.m. Monday at the location along Douglas Boulevard in Douglasville.
Police told Channel 2’s Tom Jones they are looking into whether the shots were meant to distract workers.
One customer told Jones when she pulled up, she saw a man frantically running from the store.
I pulled up to him and said, ‘What happened? Why are you running?’ And he said, 'There's a shooter,'” customer Imelda Farr said.
The police chief told Jones the gunfire came from the back of the store. Detectives found holes where it appeared the rounds landed.
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The incident forced the store to close, turning customers away.
Some customers said they were happy they weren't in the store when it happened.
“It would have been worse for my little baby. That would have been it,” one customer said, not identifying herself.
Police did not find who fired the shots or figure out why.
They are looking into whether the shooting was an effort to distract workers while criminals stole electronics.
While the shooting frightened some customers, others weren’t surprised.
“Sadly, it's come to that point. I mean, I'm unfazed. It is what it is at this point,” one customer said.
Luckily, no one was hurt in the shooting.
Police are looking at surveillance video in the store and around the area to see if the cameras picked up anyone running from the store or speeding away.
The police chief called this a bizarre incident.