India, Dec. 27 -- Shooting reports emerged from TJ Maxx in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Friday. Witnesses said that they heard shots being fired in the shopping center chain. The police are yet to issue a statement on the incident. Mall authorities have not addressed the situation yet.

"My mom and my entire sisters family are barricaded inside closet of TJ MAXX in Rocky Mount, NC. There is a gunman firing!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM!!" one person wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

"Please protect the innocent people barricaded inside the TJ Maxx in Rocky Mount, NC. Please end this situation as quickly as possible and without any innocent victims. In Jesus' name we pray," another person tweeted.

TJ Maxx is located at 1480 Je...