Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire at the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the...  A family leaves the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  A family leaves the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town...  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in...  A paramedic talks on the phone outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  A paramedic talks on the phone outside Clackamas Town Center in...  People look on outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occured Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  People look on outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore.,...  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in...  People look on outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occured Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  People look on outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore.,...  A paramedic talks on the phone outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  A paramedic talks on the phone outside Clackamas Town Center in...  Shoppers wait to be evacuated outside the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Shoppers wait to be evacuated outside the scene of a multiple...  Clackamas County sheriff's Lt. James Rhodes speaks to the media outside the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Clackamas County sheriff's Lt. James Rhodes speaks to the media...  Media gather around Clackamas County sheriff's Lt. James Rhodes during a news conference at the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Media gather around Clackamas County sheriff's Lt. James Rhodes...  Police and medics outside the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Police and medics outside the scene of a multiple shooting at...  A police officer conducts interviews with mall patrons outside the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  A police officer conducts interviews with mall patrons outside the...  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at...  A tactical team moves through the mall parking lot at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another. Photo: The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd / AP  A tactical team moves through the mall parking lot at Clackamas...  An Oregon State police car leaves the parking lot where a gunman opened fire at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall earlier in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Police say three people are dead, including the gunman. Photo: Don Ryan / AP  An Oregon State police car leaves the parking lot where a gunman...  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at...  An Oregon State police car leaves the parking lot where a gunman opened fire at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall earlier in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Police say three people are dead, including the gunman. Photo: Don Ryan / AP  An Oregon State police car leaves the parking lot where a gunman...  Map locates a shooting at a mall in Portland, Oregon. Photo: AP / AP  Map locates a shooting at a mall in Portland, Oregon.  Mall workers and shoppers wait to be cleared to leave REI at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire at the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another as people were doing their Christmas shopping, authorities said. Photo: The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd / AP  Mall workers and shoppers wait to be cleared to leave REI at...  A law enforcement official secures the scene after a shooting at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire at the shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd / AP  A law enforcement official secures the scene after a shooting at...  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in...  Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the...  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in...  Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT Photo: The Oregonian, Bruce Ely / AP  Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the...  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Portland, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens / AP  Police and medics work the scene of a multiple shooting at...
(AP) &acirc;�� A masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire Tuesday in a busy Portland mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead and forcing the mall's Santa Claus and hundreds of Christmas shoppers and employees to flee or hide among store displays.  Austin Patty, 20, who works at Macy's, said he saw a man in a white mask carrying a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest.  A series of rapid-fire shots in short succession followed as Christmas music played.  Workers and shoppers rushed out of the mall and into stores' backrooms for safety as teams of police officers came inside to find the shooter.  The gunman was dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Clackamas County sheriff's Lt. James Rhodes said.  Police said they have tentatively identified the gunman but would not release his name or give any information on a possible motive.  Clackamas Town Center is one of the Portland area's biggest and busiest malls, with 185 stores and a 20-screen movie theater.  Shaun Wik, 20, from Fairview, said he was Christmas shopping with his girlfriend and opened a fortune cookie at the food court.