VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) – A 16-year-old Vancouver teenager is being hailed as a hero after helping people get to safety during a shooting at the Vancouver Mall on Thursday evening.

Bronwynn Cruden was working a shift at her family's business, Twisted Escape Room, when shots were fired. She quickly locked the door and ran for cover, but not before letting other people in distress come in for shelter.

Security video obtained by KATU shows Cruden sitting at the company's front desk. Suddenly loud shots are heard and she rushes to the front door to lock it. She retreats from the frame, but a moment later a group of adults, children and babies suddenly appear at the door and bang on the glass to be let in, while the children scream and cry.

Cruden is then seen running forward, unlocking the door and leading the group to safety before locking it again and escorting everyone to the back.

“As I went to the back, a family was trying to get in the door, so I went back to the front, unlocked it for them, got them in, and they went straight to the back door like they knew what they were doing. Their children were crying,” Cruden said in an interview with KATU News. “There were so many people and so many children there. I don't know how many children experienced this for the first time on Halloween, and they will probably be traumatized for the rest of their lives.

Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle praised her for quick thinking that could potentially save lives.

“How mature of her to deal with a horrific scene and with that maturity to understand what she was capable of, to include them, to protect and get through all of those customers,” she said.

One person was killed and two others were injured in the shooting. The police are still looking for the shooter.