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Countryside mall closes Wednesday amid protests, police to monitor shopping areas

by Jaimee Heimer on August 1, 2020 in Mall

CLEARWATER — The Westfield Countryside Mall is closed through Wednesday “for the welfare of our customers, employees and retail partners,” according to a statement on its website.

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The Westfield Countryside mall shown here on Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Countryside. Westfield is closed through Wednesday as protests to police killings of unarmed black Americans continue throughout the U.S. Clearwater police are aware of “unsubstantiated threats” of looting of malls in the area.

The closure comes amid nationwide unrest in response to the May 25 killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died

St. Cloud mall assault suspect dies by apparent suicide after fleeing police

by Jaimee Heimer on July 29, 2020 in Mall

From Staff Reports
Published 10:07 a.m. CT June 25, 2020 | Updated 12:06 p.m. CT June 25, 2020

ST. CLOUD — A man suspected of theft died by apparent suicide Wednesday, according to St. Cloud police.

Officers responded around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday to a report of an assault at a store in Crossroads Center mall.

According to a police news release, officers learned three men had been in the store and one of the men had stolen an item. As an employee attempted to take a photo of the man, the man punched the employee in the face.

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Mall Locked Down as Police Investigate Gunfire; No Injuries | New York News

by Jaimee Heimer on July 25, 2020 in Mall

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York shopping mall was briefly locked down late Wednesday afternoon as police investigated reports of shots fired at a Foot Locker store, but no injuries were reported in what was described as “an isolated incident” between acquaintances.

Multiple police agencies converged on Crossgates Mall in the Albany suburb of Guilderland around 4 p.m. after an undetermined number of shots were fired, Guilderland Police Deputy Chief Curtis Cox said. Store employees and shoppers were directed to shelter in place and police blocked traffic from entering entrances to the complex.

Pyramid Management Group, which operates

Shots fired at Crossgates Mall, police say; No injuries reported, incident appears isolated

by Jaimee Heimer on July 23, 2020 in Mall

GUILDERLAND – Police agencies are investigating shots fired inside Crossgates mall late Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Calls came in at around 4 p.m. for the shots outside the Foot Locker store in the mall, police said. There were no reports of injuries and police described the incident as isolated.

Police then cleared the mall systematically and processed the scene, police said.

Pyramid Management Group, which operates the mall, issued a statement in response to the incident and also indicated what happened was isolated, not random.

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Crossgates Mall near Albany locked down as police investigate gunfire

by Jaimee Heimer on July 23, 2020 in Mall

Albany, N.Y. — An Upstate New York shopping mall was locked down late Wednesday afternoon as police investigated reports of shots fired.

Albany police said no injuries were reported in the incident at Crossgates Mall in suburban Guilderland, where multiple police agencies converged. Store employees and shoppers were directed to shelter in place and police blocked traffic from entering entrances to the complex.

“It appears there definitely was shots fired,” Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple told the Times Union. “We’ve got cars on the way over there now.”

Pyramid Management Group, which operates the mall, said the facility would