Leo Juarez was working at a jewelry store inside the bustling Oaks shopping mall when panic swept through the upscale Thousand Oaks center.

THOUSAND OAKS, CA:

A man shot and killed his ex-wife and then shot himself in a murder and attempted suicide at the mall, causing panicked shoppers to stream for exits and prompting a huge police response.

The armed person was described as an adult male wearing a dark jacket and tan pants with a gun.

Coming just weeks after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, the incident prompted minutes of fear amid reports of an active shooter. Authorities later described the incident as an act of domestic violence.