Harry Styles 'Shocked' Over Shooting Near His Concert Venue
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The 'As It Was' singer was supposed to perform in Copenhagen on Sunday afternoon, but the show has been canceled following the gun massacre at the Field's Shopping Mall, which is located 500 yards from from the concert venue.

AceShowbiz - Harry Styles is praying for the victims of a shopping center gun massacre 500 yards from where he was set to perform on Sunday night, July 3. After a gunman believed to be using a hunting rifle killed multiple people at the Field's Shopping Mall, Copenhagen on Sunday afternoon, the former One Direction member spoke out about the tragedy.

Making use of Snapchat, 28-year-old Styles, who is dating 38-year-old actress Olivia Wilde, said of the tragic incident, "My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked. Love H."

Petrified shoppers including mothers clutching babies were seen fleeing for their lives after shots rang out at the mall. A 22-year-old Danish man has been arrested in connection with the shooting by armed officers near the shopping center, according to the head of the Copenhagen police operations unit, inspector Soren Thomassen.

Thomassen told a press conference, "We know that there are several dead and several injured," before adding the possibility it was a terror attack could not be ruled out. Danish police tweeted on Sunday afternoon, "We are still present, shots have been fired and several people have been hit. We work on site. People in the Fields must stay and await the police. All other persons must stay away from Fields."

Witnesses described hearing multiple gunshots and "chaos" erupting around 5 P.M. Emilie Jeppesen, 20, told Jyllands Posten in Denmark, "You didn't know what was happening. Suddenly there was just chaos everywhere. We were sitting and going to eat and suddenly we could see people running. Then we first thought, 'Why are people running?' but then we could hear shots."

Styles' fans appear from their social media posts to be abandoning their plans to attend his gig, which was set for 8 P.M. One fan tweeted, "So there was a shooting near the Harry concert in Copenhagen that I was supposed to attend but I'm on my way home now."

Harry Styles Fan's Tweet #1

A fan of Harry Styles tweeted about a shooting near his concert venue.

Another who had arrived early said on Twitter, "Hey everyone I just wanna tell y'all we are all okay at the harry styles concert in copenhagen. i didn't know about the gun shootings before my friend told me, but i did see the helicopter and the guards ran. (sic)"

Harry Styles Fan's Tweet #1

Another fan shared details of the massacre.

Others pleaded with the singer to cancel his concert, with one saying on Twitter, "Bro can @HarryStyles not just cancel the concert and refund the tickets bc of the shooting this is f****** insane." Another added, "@HarryStyles @HSHQ PLEASE postpone or cancel the show. It would be insensitive to continue, when people had to leave or can't get to the arena bcs of the shooting #LoveOnTourCopenhagen."

The concert has since been cancelled though law enforcement in the area apparently indicated to organizers it was safe to proceed. A video posted on social media showing an announcer on stage informing fans already at the arena the gig would not go ahead and police would escort them to the metro for them to leave.

One devastated fan said on Twitter, "I know this has been done to keep everyone safe but it's so heartbreaking."

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