SUNRISE, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman upset at having lost her money gambling called police and claimed she was robbed, leading officers to close a parking garage at Sawgrass Mills Mall, authorities said.
Sunrise Police responded to the shopping center Saturday night. Officers closed the parking lot and set up a perimeter.
7News cameras captured police officers speaking with shoppers as people waited outside Parking Garage 1.
According to investigators, the woman and two men had been gambling, and she contacted police after she was mad over losing her money.
Just before 9 p.m., shoppers were seen entering the parking garage.
Mall officials said the shopping center was never on lockdown and store activity was never affected.
Police will continue to investigate the incident.
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