LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Police Department located a “person of interest,” a spokesman announced Tuesday afternoon, following a Christmas Eve shooting at the Acadiana Mall. 

LPD spokeswoman Cpl. Bridgette Dugas said the department is not releasing the identity of the person because the juvenile is not a suspect in the shooting.

No arrests have been made in the shooting that was reported at 4:29 p.m. Monday. Lafayette police officers responded to the report of shots fired at the mall.

According to news reports, Acadian Ambulance tweeted that it sent five ambulances and two supervisory trucks to the scene, then left the scene at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Reportedly, the victim was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle, then to another hospital in an ambulance, according to Acadian Ambulance.

A witness, Cullen Mury, 17, told KATC-TV he was assisting a customer at the Food Court when he heard a noise.

“Then we saw a bunch of people yelling and running toward the exits,” Mury said. 

“It was very scary. You think that these kind of things won’t happen to you, but you hear stories about massing shootings, school shootings. It just goes to show you should always be prepared, and tell everyone you love them. Because you never know.”

The investigation is ongoing. 

Anyone with information is urged to call Lafayette Police or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.