One officer killed, three people wounded in Juárez mall shootout

by Aileen B. Flores \ El Paso Times
Posted: 01/20/2011 09:04:57 PM MST

One police officer was killed and three people were wounded when a shootout broke out in a mall in Juárez, officials said.

The shooting took place at Galerias Tec at Pedro Rosales Street and Tecnologico Avenue while shoppers walked around the mall.

The officer as identified as Julio Cesar Toral Reyes, 29.

Officials said officers thwarted a robbery inside the mall when the shooting began.

Police said the three people wounded were the alleged robbers.

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