Shots fired at Brandon Exchange mall

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Nov 12, 2026
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I want to go back to that breaking news out of Brandon tonight.
Deputies confirmed shots were fired inside the Brandon Exchange Mall.
And Fox 13's Brianna Ardondo is there.
Joined us now live.
Hi there, Brianna.
What do we know?
What have you learned?
Hey, there's still not much that we know right now,
Mark, but it is certainly a situation where
there's a heavy law enforcement presence here
and they are getting some details into what's going on.
So right now we're outside of the Books-A-Million here at the mall
and there's a food court area and
then also the Cheesecake Factory here towards our right.
What we know at this point is that
just from talking with a couple
of the visitors since we've been here at the scene,
I mean, I don't know.
People did not hear anything who we spoke with,
but they certainly felt and saw the reaction to
what was going on. I spoke with a couple of people
who were here at the Cheesecake Factory,
just sat down to have their dinner
when they were told that there was something going on here at the
mall and that they needed to stay put and to stay safe.
At some point, they were told that they
could leave, and so they were leaving out to their cars
to try to leave the mall. You've certainly
seen a long line, and it actually is still going on,
a long line of cars that are exiting this mall.
As this law enforcement presence continues to be here
and as we've been here this evening,
I also spoke with another person who was leaving.
He said that he came here this evening
to pick up some items that he had ordered.
He was inside the mall and then all
of a sudden noticed that something was going on.
Here's what else he had to say.
I heard a bunch of commotion and just saw a bunch of people.
I was already halfway down towards Macy's,
saw a bunch of people running.
And you know enough to see the look on somebody's face there.
You're thinking there has to be an active shooter.
Thank you.
Now again, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office tells us
that this is not an active shooter.
They did confirm that to us. Of course, at this point,
all we know is that there were shots being fired at some point.
We don't know who's been involved,
how many people there were involved and what led up to this.
So we're going to stay here at the scene and continue to work
those details and see what else we can learn this evening, Mark.
All right. We look forward to your reports in a little bit.
Brianna, thanks very much.
