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Fatal shooting at mall probed

Police were studying mall surveillance video Tuesday in their investigation of the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Ohio boy authorities say tried to rob a shopper in his quest to obtain popular limited-edition athletic shoes.

Police in Miami Township said a man with a concealed-weapon permit fired his gun after he and another man were accosted Saturday morning by three teens on a sidewalk outside the Dayton Mall. Police said one teen had showed a gun.

Jawaad Jabbar of Middletown died a short time later of a gunshot wound to his torso, authorities said.

Police said the two groups - the three teens and the two men - didn't know each other but had all had gone to the mall south of Dayton for Nike Air Jordan sales offered by several stores.

- AP