Victims identified in Maryland mall shooting

Police evacuate employees and patrons from the Columbia Town Center Mall after three people were killed in a shooting there on Jan. 25. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Howard County Police have named two of the victims in the Columbia, Maryland mall shooting that left three people dead on Saturday. Five others were injured and have yet to be identified.

The police said 21-year-old Brianna Benlolo of College Park, Md., and 25-year-old Tyler Johnson of Ellicott City, Md were killed in the shooting.

Both victims were employees of a skate shop in the mall. The third victim was the suspected shooter, whom police have not yet named.

Victim IDs: Brianna Benlolo, 21, of College Park MD & Tyler Johnson, 25, of Ellicott City MD. Both employees of Zumiez. Motive still unknown

— Howard County Police (@HCPDNews) January 25, 2014

Around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, a gunman fired shots in a skateboard shop on the upper level of a mall in Columbia, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore.

The Howard County Police Department tweeted that the suspected shooter was dead on arrival and was found near a shotgun.

Police say Columbia mall shooting occurred in Zumiez store http://t.co/1zGNDunhsZ pic.twitter.com/SWlpJP3Q6W

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 25, 2014

The five people injured were treated and released from the hospital, according to the Associated Press.

While the mall will remained closed on Saturday, police say the building has been fully evacuated.

#ColumbiaMall has been cleared of all people who were sheltered inside. Detectives are investigating the crime scene.

— Howard County Police (@HCPDNews) January 25, 2014

AFP photographer Jim Watson tweeted this photo of police entering the mall after the shooting:

Police enter the #columbiamall after fatal shooting kills three. @AFP @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/WzjnuY0ANX

— Jim Watson (@JimWatson_AFP) January 25, 2014