Nine dead including gunman after shooting at mall outside Dallas

Shoppers flee in panic after gunman steps out of silver sedan and opens fire at Premium Outlets mall

Witnesses have described a scene of terror and chaos after a gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others at a shopping mall outside Dallas, Texas on Saturday.

Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a man stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire at the Premium Outlets mall, a sprawling outdoor shopping centre in Allen, a community of about 100,000 people.