COLUMBIA,S.C. — A dog trained to sniff out guns has been added to the security team at a South Carolina mall where 15 people were hurt in a shooting last month.
The dog, named Carlos, will walk around Columbiana Centre with its handler, alerting the human if he smells a weapon. Security guards will then remove the person from the mall, which has a policy prohibiting weapons, mall officials said in a statement.
The dog is also trained to be friendly so people at the mall in Columbia shouldn’t realize the animal is scanning them, the statement said.
Nine people were shot and another six injured in the rush to exit Columbiana Centre in Columbia after the April 16 shooting.
Three people face charges in the shooting, which police said stemmed from a long running dispute.
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