"And it was crazy how unbothered the man who walked was," he remarked. Theo also told Newsweek that he decided to upload 15 seconds of the altercation to TikTok "to spread awareness of the Vancouver Mall and to show a glimpse of how people and others react to gun violence." "No one knows what the person with the gun is capable of."Īlthough he noted that since posting the video he learned of the history of animosity between the two families, he immediately feared that because it was a "white woman.pointing a gun at a group of Black women." It seemed to be "some racially motivated activity." "I have never experienced a gun being pulled out in public before and it was definitely frightening," he said. Newsweek spoke to Theo, who said that he was "shocked" at the sight of the weapon. "The security don't know how to handle the situation smh," another added. Like they have no idea how to handle the situation," one viewer wrote. While several commenters found it humorous that the unknown man walked past the woman and her weapon in the middle of the argument, most were horrified by the encounter and expressed dismay at the security guards' response. The TikTok video has since been viewed nearly 50 million times and liked by over 8.6 million users. ![]() He captioned the video, "This is vancouver WA for you lmaooo." "This girl pulled a g*n at vancouver mall and this guy just casually walks past her," Theo writes in the video-text overlay. ![]() The daughters in both families are screaming at each other.ĭuring the dispute, an unidentified male is seen walking into Lids past the woman and her gun as several security officers try to intervene and move the Black family away from the store. The white woman is seen in the video pointing her gun at one of the Black teenagers, who is being pulled back by a woman holding a baby. It's not clear what the families were arguing about. Shead also tweeted video footage from another angle at the beginning of the fight, which had been uploaded to TikTok by user also known as Theo. Is vancouver WA for you lmaooo #vancouver #washington #mall #scary #sketchy #gun #violence #assault #damn #fyp ♬ I like tuh by carnage - js3dits
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