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What should you do if you are at work or a public place, like Fashion Place mall, and hear gunshots? Run, hide or fight.

It’s the most horrifying question to think about: What should you do if there’s an active shooter nearby?

When two people were shot outside Fashion Place in Murray Sunday — in a clash of rival gangs, police say — there were initial fears of an active shooter in the mall. Law enforcement officers who train people for such scenarios say there are three options: Run, hide, and fight.

The first step is to be aware of one’s surroundings at all times, Sgt. Wyatt Weber of Utah’s Department of Public Safety said in 2016, after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando in which 49 people were killed.