Brett Lawrie live-tweets Toronto mall shooting

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was at Toronto’s Eaton Center Mall on Saturday afternoon when he heard gun shots ring out. Exiting the downtown shopping center, Lawrie took to Twitter, breaking news of a shooting that The Toronto Star now reports has injured two.

Pretty sure someone just let off a round bullets in eaton center mall .. Wow just sprinted out of the mall … Through traffic …—
Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 02, 2012

People sprinting up the stairs right from where we just were … Wow wow wow—
Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 02, 2012

This is crazy. … I hope everyone is ok … http://t.co/Dk1EWg4J—
Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 02, 2012

This is serious .. Oh my god http://t.co/J5KaU9qj—
Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 02, 2012

Lawrie, a native Canadian, is being credited throughout the twittersphere with breaking news of the shooting. The Eaton Center Mall is known as the largest mall in downtown Toronto. It lies just over one mile from the Rogers Center, where the Blue Jays play their home games.