Heavy police presence at Maplewood Mall

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (FOX 9) – A number of police and emergency vehicles have swarmed the Maplewood Mall after some type of situation Sunday afternoon.

Police situation at Maplewood Mall

What we know:

FOX 9 is working to learn more about a heavy police presence at the Maplewood Mall Sunday afternoon.

Aerial video from the FOX 9 chopper shows more than a dozen police squads parked outside the mall’s entrance near the JCPenney store on the mall’s southeast side along with a fire truck and ambulance.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m., FOX 9 spotted crews loading a person inside the ambulance.

The backstory:

Around the same time, officers started putting up tape around the mall’s entrance.

What we don’t know:

FOX 9 has reached out to police and the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office to confirm exactly what happened.

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