PHOENIX (AP) - Police shot and killed a gunman Monday outside a busy Phoenix mall filled with Christmas shoppers after he wounded two people during an attempted carjacking, authorities said.
The incident began when the attacker held a woman at gunpoint outside Desert Sky Mall and demanded she drive him someplace.
A bystander who heard her screams tried to help and was shot as she escaped, police spokeswoman Mercedes Fortune said. A stray bullet hit a woman in another car.
Police say the gunman used the stolen car to hit a patrol vehicle and refused to stop. He was shot and died at the scene,
A 56-year-old woman and a man in his 50s were transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds, fire officials said. Both were expected to recover.
No officers or firefighters were injured.
The investigation is ongoing. No further details were released.
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