Police in El Paso, Texas, say one person has been killed and three others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall.

One person was taken into custody, El Paso police spokesman Sergeant Robert Gomez said.

No immediate information was given about that person.

Police were looking for another person who could have been involved, Sergeant Gomez said. No description was given.

A weapon was recovered at the scene, Sergeant Gomez said, but he could not provide more information about that.

“It’s too early to speculate on motive,” he said.

Wednesday’s shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack in 2019.

The three who were wounded were taken to local hospitals, Sergeant Gomez said.

University Medical Centre in El Paso said in a statement two male gunshot victims were being treated there. They were in critical condition.

The condition of the third victim was not immediately known.

Sergeant Gomez said police believed the scene was secure and that officers were sweeping through the whole mall to verify that.

“This is a large scene,” he said.

“It’s going to take some time to clear the mall.”

Authorities set up a reunification centre at a nearby high school.

Police earlier said the shooting was reported at the shopping mall’s food court.

The US has seen dozens of people killed in mass shootings so far in 2023, most recently on Monday at Michigan State University, where three students were killed and five more were wounded.

In January, 11 people were killed in the Los Angeles-area city of Monterey Park as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.

In 2022, more than 600 mass shootings occurred in the US in which at least four people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

– AAP