Mall shooting suspect found dead

A man suspected of firing multiple shots and causing a lockdown at New Jersey’s largest shopping centre has been found dead of a self-inflicted wound, authorities said.

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said the body of Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, was found in a back area of the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus. He said Shoop killed himself with the same weapon he used at the mall and that a note has been found.