No one was injured when a gun shop employee accidently discharged a firearm inside the Grand Cities Mall on Wednesday.
According to Grand Forks police Michael Hale of Brothers Firearms was showing a rifle to a customer around 5:30 p.m. when a round was discharged. Authorities say the bullet went through the store and entered another business. Hale was cited for discharge of a firearm within city limits.
The Grand Forks Police Department responds to several of these calls per year and would like to remind people to properly check or handle any firearm in a safe manner.


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