Crown Center Aftermath: Metro Shopping Mall Mass Shooting Trending?!?

File this one under . . .

This is why we can't have anything nice. 

Of course the rhetoric and editorial slant is clear . . . Not so subliminally,  a great deal of reporting seems to suggest that: 

"We have to remove that gun safely stored in your home because young people with impressively violent criminal records are randomly firing illegal guns that make shopping malls unsafe."

Sorry, that's the closest we're getting to compromise in 2024.

Accordingly . . . Check more editorializing and not-so-cleverly disguised as journalism on this week's scare and reminder that retail remains dead . . .

"The Crown Center shooting comes on the heels of two mall shootings in one weekend last November. In one, four people were wounded in gunfire following an altercation, including a pregnant woman who died, at the Independence Center mall in Independence. In the other, at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, the shooting happened during a police scuffle that involved two suspected shoplifters."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

'I feel helpless': Crown Center store owner shares experiences with gun violence after shooting

Crown Center is back open on Thursday after a shooting on Wednesday night left six people injured. One business owner inside the shopping center is frustrated with the gun violence.

After Crown Center shooting left 6 injured, some business owners want more security

A shooting Wednesday night in the food court of the mall injured six people. Police say two people not involved in the initial altercation also fired shots. Crown Center resumed normal operations at noon today, but some business owners want more changes.

Crown Center shooting is Kansas City area's 3rd mall shooting in 2 months

A shooting at Crown Center that wounded six people Wednesday comes just two months after shootings at Independence Center and Oak Park Mall.

Experts weigh in on security, whether people should get involved after Crown Center shooting

Security and law enforcement experts weighed in on Wednesday night's shooting at Crown Center in Kansas City.

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