A woman who was sheltering in a LUSH store during a shooting was handed a gift bag on her way out.
Natalie Locke, 31, was at The Maine Mall in South Portland last Friday (Feb 5) with her fiancé Austin Davis, 27, when the building was put on lockdown due to an active shooter situation.
The couple were in the cosmetics store LUSH at the time and staff ushered them into the back room along with six other customers.
The group sheltered in place for two hours until the store's manager was notified that the lockdown was lifted and the police was evacuating the building.
But before they left, LUSH staff handed out gift bags with shower gel, a couple of bath bombs and shower jelly.
The suspected shooter Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, handed himself into police the following afternoon (Feb 6).
Awad faces charges of elevated aggravated assault, a Class A crime and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
Public safety officials said one person was injured and taken to Maine Medical Center for treatment.
Natalie Locke, 31, was at The Maine Mall in South Portland last Friday (Feb 5) with her fiancé Austin Davis, 27, when the building was put on lockdown due to an active shooter situation.
The couple were in the cosmetics store LUSH at the time and staff ushered them into the back room along with six other customers.
The group sheltered in place for two hours until the store's manager was notified that the lockdown was lifted and the police was evacuating the building.
But before they left, LUSH staff handed out gift bags with shower gel, a couple of bath bombs and shower jelly.
The suspected shooter Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, handed himself into police the following afternoon (Feb 6).
Awad faces charges of elevated aggravated assault, a Class A crime and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
Public safety officials said one person was injured and taken to Maine Medical Center for treatment.
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00:00Emergency. Evacuate or seek shelter. Emergency.
00:13Emergency. Evacuate or seek shelter.
00:17Emergency. Evacuate or seek shelter.
00:24And you do have a bathtub?
00:26You do have a bathtub, yes. Thank you.
00:30Wow, mall shooting gifts.
00:34Can I see your mall shooting gift?
00:36Yes, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
00:40Yay.
00:42Do you guys have to unlock the doors?
00:45Hopefully.
00:47None of us work here, sorry.
00:56Oh, thank you, oh my gosh.
01:08We'll definitely come back now.
01:11You guys are going to head all the way to the food court.
01:14To the food court?
01:16Yes.
01:22I feel like I'm walking too fast.
01:25It's because we're tired, we've been shamed in a closet for the last hour.
01:28Just take right here, I've got an officer at the front door who will help you guys out.
01:46Hello.
01:47Hi.
01:48Hi.
01:53Holy.
01:56Holy moly, moly, moly, look at that.
01:59What the.
02:05Do you know where our car is?
02:07Because I don't.
02:08Yeah, it's straight ahead.
02:09Okay.
02:11This way, this way, this way.
02:13Nice to meet all of you.
02:14Hi.
02:15Yeah.
02:16Yeah, again some time under better circumstances.
02:23There's the news.
02:26Oh my gosh.
02:27Welcome to my Lush review.
02:29We're going to be reviewing the lockdown protocols for an active shooter situation.
02:35Let's see what's inside.
02:39This gift was lovingly packed by Tom's team.
02:46We've got intergalactic shower gel.
02:50Intergalactic shower gel.
02:53We've got a Santa Claus bath bomb.
02:56Love.
02:58We have a Snowflake Elsa bath bomb.
03:04Love.
03:05Overall, we would rate Lush five stars for lockdown during an active shooter protocol.
03:12We had fun.
03:13We made friends.
03:14We left with gifts.
03:16I went into Lush to buy this and the lady just gave it to me because we're trauma bonded now.