until WED 9:00 PM EST, Lehigh County, Philadelphia County, Delaware County, Lower Bucks County, Eastern Montgomery County, Western Montgomery County, Carbon County, Upper Bucks County, Northampton County, Western Chester County, Eastern Chester County, Monroe County, Berks County, Salem County, Cape May County, Warren County, Coastal Atlantic County, Ocean County, Hunterdon County, Gloucester County, Northwestern Burlington County, Somerset County, Southeastern Burlington County, Cumberland County, Coastal Ocean County, Atlantic Coastal Cape May County, Mercer County, Camden County, Atlantic County, Kent County, New Castle County, Inland Sussex County, Delaware Beaches County

NJ mayor calls for changes in law after mall shooting injures 2

Published January 12, 2019 12:19pm EST

FOX 29 Philadelphia

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Officials announced a delayed opening for a New Jersey mall a day after a shooting at the food court that wounded two people and prompted the mayor to call for changes in federal gun laws.

The Newport Centre mall said it would reopen at 1 p.m. Saturday after authorities said a fistfight at about 6 p.m. Friday on the mall's third floor ended in gunfire, wounding one person in the stomach and another in his arm.

Mayor Steve Fulop said one was wanted in a shooting two days earlier that prompted school lockdowns.

He said Saturday that "Years ago, a fistfight at the mall was a fistfight at the mall" without fear of someone carrying an illegal gun. Fulop said changes in the law at the federal level were needed.

Us News