Police and emergency crews respond to a reported shooting at the Boise Towne Square shopping mall Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Boise, Idaho. [Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP] ...

Boise police officers deployed flash-bang devices during an arrest at the Boise Towne Square mall Wednesday, concerning mall-goers and bystanders who believed there might have been bombs going off.

Boise police officers deployed flash-bang devices during an arrest at the Boise Towne Square mall Wednesday, concerning mall-goers and bystanders who believed there might have been bombs going off.

An off-duty Great Bend school resource officer shopping at Towne East Square on Friday is credited with stopping one of the shooting suspects.