A gunman who told emergency dispatchers to “follow the screams” before wounding seven in a shopping centre shooting rampage was sentenced to more than 160 years in prison.

A MAN accused of going on a shooting spree at a crowded shopping mall in the United States sent a text message to his ex-girlfriend minutes before the rampage saying he was about to show the world his anger, the woman said.

A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall, wounding at least six people, one critically, and taking three others hostage in a music store before he surrendered to a police commando team.