Police are looking for seven men in connection with a shooting at CherryVale Mall Friday. The busy mall just east of Rockford was on lockdown for several hours, then evacuated. Two groups of men had an altercation in the mall around 5 p.m. Friday, according to police.
One man pulled out a gun and fired shots.
Traces of blood were found in the mall, but no reported injuries.
All seven involved in the fight fled and police are still looking for them.
A spokesman for the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says the shooter has been identified by as a heavyset black male who was wearing black pants, a white shirt & black/white bandana.
The mall reopened Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
