MOA: Another shooting

[purplefaithful]

Maybe its time for metal detectors to enter MOA?

Ban guns on those premises?

What do you think? This is not the first lock-down @ MOA..

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The New York Giants believe multiple players were at the Mall of America in Minneapolis at the time of Friday's deadly shooting, but all are now safe."Everyone is back in the hotel and accounted for now," Giants executive vice president of communications Pat Hanlon told Abbie Parr and Stefanie Dazio of the Associated Press.
The Giants are staying at a hotel adjacent to the mall ahead Saturday's game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said there was an altercation between two groups at the mall on Friday, with a 19-year-old shot and killed. A bystander's jacket was also grazed by a bullet during the shooting.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10059625-ny-giants-players-safe-after-being-inside-mall-of-america-during-deadly-shooting?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

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One dead in shooting at Mall of AmericaThe shooting occurred inside the Nordstrom department store just before 8 p.m. and involved an altercation between two groups of young men.A shooting inside the Nordstrom department store at the Mall of America on Friday night left a 19-year-old man dead, according to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges.

Hodges said during a late-night news conference that the shooting involved an altercation between two groups of young men and that the individuals involved fled the scene immediately after the shooting, which occurred about 7:50 p.m. on the eve of Christmas weekend.
A Bloomington officer who was nearby heard the shots and arrived to find the victim on the ground, Hodges said.
"We had 16 officers working today in the mall. Sixteen cops," Hodges said. "And they still decide to do this. I'm at a loss."
No arrests had been made by late Friday. Hodges said detectives are in the process of identifying suspects and vowed that "we're going to catch these people." Police did not release the name of the victim, but Hodges said he and Bloomington Mayor Tim Busse met with members of the victim's family.
"Here we are before Christmas, and they're going to have to bury a loved one," Hodges said.
An innocent bystander's coat sleeve was grazed by a stray bullet, but the person was uninjured, Hodges said.
After the shooting, the mall was briefly put on lockdown, which was lifted about an hour later. At that point, the mall closed for the night and remaining customers were asked to head home. Hodges said he was told the mall would be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday but that Nordstrom, which is one of the mall's original tenants and anchor stores, would be closed.
Hodges said the altercation appeared to have involved five to nine individuals, all men. It's not a first for gunshots inside the state's biggest shopping mall, which last saw a gunfire incident in August
https://www.startribune.com/bloomington-police-confirm-shooting-at-mall-of-america/600238426/

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maybe quit  be more tuff on criminals instead of building them statues

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@Viking1987 said:
maybe quit  be more tuff on criminals instead of building them statues

I agree there needs to be real hard look at how crimes like this are being prosecuted. I'll add this and that is what can we (as a society) do to identify/understand and minimize the causals for why these kids are turning to drugs, crime and gangs? 

What would you think about metal detectors to enter a place as large and crowded with families like MOA?

Just like @ USB for a Vikings game or Excel Energy Center for a concert etc..

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@purplefaithful said:

@Viking1987 said:
maybe quit  be more tuff on criminals instead of building them statues

I agree there needs to be real hard look at how crimes like this are being prosecuted. I'll add this and that is what can we (as a society) do to identify/understand and minimize the causals for why these kids are turning to drugs, crime and gangs? 

What would you think about metal detectors to enter a place as large and crowded with families like MOA?

Just like @ USB for a Vikings game or Excel Energy Center for a concert etc..

That would require a lot more security staff which would raise operating costs and in turn prices,   as well as lines at busy shopping times which would drive customers to other options IMO.

Are shootings more common there vs any other location that attracts similar demographics and those numbers of people in the metro area?