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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Denver police respond to hundreds of teens who gathered at Northfield Mall Saturday
DENVER (KDVR) — A weekend gathering of hundreds of teens at Northfield Mall escalated into chaos, prompting a police response and raising questions about safety and planning on social media. According to the Denver Police Department, a group of approximately 300 juveniles assembled at the mall around 6 p.m. Saturday in what investigators describe as a 'planned event' organized online. The group did not appear to be there to shop, and several witnesses said the teens quickly caused disturbances throughout the shopping center. Teen detained by ICE after traffic stop describes 'nightmare' conditions in Aurora facility 'Pandemonium, running through the mall — it was kind of like a riot,' said Devin Donlon, a store manager at Zumiez. Witnesses said fights broke out both inside stores and in surrounding areas. Ty McKay, who was at the mall at the time, described the scene as 'unruly.' 'You saw kids getting jumped — 10 people on one,' McKay said. 'We just started breaking up fights, throwing kids off of kids.' Donlon said his store was forced to close early for safety reasons, losing out on an hour of business. 'There were kids banging on my glass, trying to come in, destroy stuff, steal stuff,' he said. 'They absolutely destroyed [another nearby store], throwing stuff off tables onto the floor, stealing things, running out with it.' Police said no arrests were made, and no property damage was formally reported, though there was one report of two small items stolen from a business. Investigators are still working to determine whether that theft was connected to the group. Englewood hit-and-run crash turns into brief police pursuit, SWAT scene in Denver As officers worked to disperse the crowd, some juveniles reportedly moved into nearby neighborhoods near Central Park Boulevard and East 46th Avenue, where additional disturbances were reported. While some community members criticized the lack of consequences, others said they understood the challenges law enforcement faced. 'It was too many kids,' McKay said. 'You didn't have the resources to make arrests like that. But we've got to figure out how to create a safe space for these kids — how to make it inviting and safe.' Police say they are continuing to investigate the incident. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
5 days ago
- Fox News
19-year-old suspect in custody after shooting at Connecticut mall leaves 5 people injured
A suspect was taken into custody in a shooting at a Waterbury, Connecticut, mall that left five people wounded, police said. Police responded to the Brass Mill Center Mall at about 4:43 p.m. Tuesday after reports of shots being fired. When officers arrived, they located five victims with gunshot wounds. The suspected gunman has been identified as Tajuan Washington, 19, of Waterbury, Waterbury Police Department Chief Fernando Spagnolo said at a news conference Wednesday morning. Washington is being held on $2 million bond and was charged with five counts of first-degree assault and "a number of weapons violation charges," according to police. The investigation is ongoing. Washington was scheduled to appear in court later Wednesday morning. Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski said Wednesday that three of the five victims had been released from the hospital. Two remained hospitalized. The most seriously injured victim was struck in the spine, but she "now has feeling in her lower extremities" and "hopefully she does not find herself paralyzed." At the news conference, Pernerewski encouraged the public to return to the mall, saying the shooting was not a random act of violence and involved "two young men who knew each other, had a history, a past." "They got into a beef here," he said. "The perpetrator, instead of having what would have at one time been a fist fight, but because he was armed, came out with a pistol, shot the guy he was having a problem with and the four women who were with him as well." The mall has been searched and secured and "there's nothing to worry about here," he said, adding the city was "obviously very shaken, but we're not broken," the mayor added. "Within minutes, the state's largest police force, the Connecticut State Police, was on scene assisting the Waterbury Police Department," Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner Ronnell Higgins told reporters. "That collaboration and cooperation isn't just something that happens in emergencies. That is something that happens regularly here in the city of Waterbury between the state and local and federal law enforcement officials. "Gun violence is not something we will ever accept. It is not OK to come to a mall and then find yourself a victim of gun violence. It is not OK for someone to come here to work and then find themselves hiding, sheltering in place." Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said of Waterbury, "This is great city, and it is a city that is safe and getting safer." "This is a terrible tragedy. Hearts and prayers go out to those that were hit, hit hard. I think they're all going to be OK, fingers crossed. Prayers out there," the governor said, crediting the Waterbury police for getting to arriving within three minutes. "This type of crime is just shocking to me," Lamont said. "A lot of this crime, it maybe is one-off, but they know each other. This is not random acts of violence. This started out with some sort of a beef, some sort of an argument. And rather than ending up with a fisticuff, someone pulls out a semiautomatic and shoots seven rounds and badly wounds five people." The governor said work needs to be done in the community to root out "sources of friction," but he told the public, "I want you back in this mall." Waterbury police announced in a Facebook post late Tuesday that "detectives have identified a person of interest, and he is in police custody at this time." Spagnolo told reporters Tuesday that none of the victims were fatally wounded, and all of them were transported and treated at area hospitals. "We do not believe this was a random act of violence," Spagnolo said Tuesday. "We believe this started as a conflict and it escalated. We do know that there was one gunman at this time [whom] we've identified. That gunman was armed with a semi-automatic pistol." The chief also said evidence was recovered that helped to identify the type of weapon used and "hopefully" the shooter, through various investigative means and forensic technology. State Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are assisting police with the investigation, which includes the collection of video and digital evidence. "This is going to be a very lengthy and ongoing and active investigation," Spagnolo said. He also said there is no danger to the public, though he advised anyone to report anything suspicious to the police. Lamont called the shooting "tragic" in a post on X. "This afternoon there was a tragic mass shooting at the Bass Mill Center in Waterbury, a place where everyone should feel safe. We are grateful to law enforcement, who acted swiftly," the governor wrote. "Details are still forthcoming, but the @CT_STATE_POLICE will be assisting @WaterburyPD with the investigation. Our hearts break for the Waterbury community, the victims, and their families who have been impacted by this incident."
Daily Mail
21-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
San Francisco's biggest mall loses another clothing store as businesses battle theft and run-down environment
San Francisco's largest mall continues to flounder as yet another store has pulled out, citing high levels of theft. Milk Tee, a women's clothing retailer, announced last week that it would soon be moving out of the mall after five years. 'It is with great sadness that we announce the difficult decision to close our store location here in San Francisco,' the business revealed on Instagram. 'Unfortunately, due to the lack of improvement for businesses in the city's environment, high theft, and low sales overall at San Francisco Centre, it has driven us to take on this difficult decision.' The store is currently offering a 30 percent off sale of its entire contents. The mall in San Francisco's downtown has struggled to deal with the area's descent into lawless homeless camps with open air drugs markets and high levels of theft following the pandemic. The San Francisco Centre mall has shed many of its other retailers. Recent major losses include Bloomingdale's, Razer, Kate Spade and Michael Kors. The exodus has been ongoing for years, with Adidas and American Eagle closing their doors in January and May of last year, respectively. Other high-profile departures include L'Occitane, Sephora, J. Crew, Hollister, and the Lego Store. The mall itself is set to be sold at auction on July 24, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. This is the fifth time the auction has been rescheduled, but reasons for the delay are unclear. The mall, previously known as the Westfield San Francisco Centre, was renamed last year in an effort to rejuvenate its tired image. 'During the Centre's 128-year history, it has evolved with the times to sustain and reinvent itself as a community gathering place,' its owner Trident Pacific said in a release at the time. Trident took over the running of the mall from Westfield in the summer of 2023 after it defaulted on its loans. The mall had also faced legal action from American Eagle which claimed that mismanagement and 'neglect' from the mall has left its employees to 'suffer and respond to gun violence, physical assaults, burglaries, and robberies.' 'We're committed to working with our existing retailers and restaurants, the City, and the community to ensure that this historic location has a new foundation to succeed,' the mall said at the time. Michael Kors has closed its store in the struggling downtown area Downtown San Francisco retail continues to suffer as a result of the area's rampant crime and shoplifting epidemic. Market Street, where the mall is located, has become a haven for open drug use and homeless encampments. Earlier this year Sephora shuttered its Laurel Heights location in the city, and Macy's announced the closure of its stores in Newark and Corte Madera. 2023 was the deadliest year on record for drug deaths largely thanks to the proliferation of fentanyl. Progressive 'harm reduction' policies which don't penalize hard drug use have been blamed for worsening the crisis.
CBS News
19-06-2025
- CBS News
Police investigating shooting at Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Police in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are investigating a shooting at the Oxford Valley Mall on Thursday. One person was shot at the mall on the 2300 block of East Lincoln Highway, according to police. The person's condition is currently unknown. It's unclear what led to the shooting. Police are currently looking for the alleged shooter. Dynasty Sports & Framing, a store in the mall, posted on Facebook that it will be closed for the rest of Thursday. "Please be advised, due to an active emergency at the mall, our Oxford Valley Mall location will be closed for the remainder of the night. We are relieved to learn that all staff and customers inside of the store are safe and headed home," the store wrote on Facebook. This is a developing story and will be updated. contributed to this report.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
When I was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, I only worried about who would care for my baby
I woke up one day with a pain in my abdomen, but brushed it off as gas. Later that day, I was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery on my appendix. My main concern was my 18-month-old son, who had never been away from me in his life. The day started like any other one. I had planned a casual mall outing with my son, who was around 18 months old at the time, and my two closest friends. I had been feeling mild abdominal discomfort since the morning, but brushed it off as gas and took an antacid. After all, I was a mom now, so there was little time to indulge in aches or pains. By the time I met my friends, the pain had sharpened. Still, I kept going. But that afternoon, as we sat in the food court, the pain escalated into something I couldn't ignore. Then everything blurred, and I almost passed out in front of a stunned crowd. One of my friends, a doctor, quickly took charge. Within minutes, I was rushed to the emergency room at the hospital where she worked. I was barely conscious, nauseated, and in blinding pain. Tests confirmed what she had suspected: a severely inflamed appendix, about to burst. My friends informed my husband, who came right away, and the doctors told him I needed emergency surgery. But the surgery wasn't what scared me the most. I was worried about my baby. I wasn't afraid of the surgery or the possibility of complications. I was afraid of not being there for my one-and-a-half-year-old son. He had never spent a night away from me or his father. He only ate what I prepared, slept cuddled next to me, and cried at the idea of anyone else changing his diaper. The thought of him waking up in another place, calling for me and not finding me, was more painful than the physical agony I was going through at the hospital. To make things worse, no private hospital rooms were available. That meant my son couldn't stay with my husband while he was with me at the hospital. My mind spiraled. Between vomiting from pain and being prepped for surgery, I kept repeating, "He won't eat. He won't sleep. He'll cry for me." As if things weren't bad enough, my mother and parents-in-law were out of town, leaving me worried about who we could turn to. But in that crucial moment, help came from the people who could. One of my sisters, despite her full-time job and three young children of her own, took in my son without hesitation. She put her own busy life on hold. Later, she told me how my son was confused and quiet at first in response to all that was happening. But slowly, with the warmth of his aunt and the playfulness of his cousins, he was soon at ease. He even let her feed him and change him, something I believed was impossible. My other sister, husband, and some cousins on my husband's side took turns staying at the hospital with me, offering reassuring words to ease my worries. The surgery went smoothly. When I regained consciousness, the first thing I asked was whether my son had eaten. My husband smiled and updated me about how he was having fun and properly ate what my sister made. I've never felt so relieved. This experience taught me that loving a child means surrendering to the fact that your heart now lives outside your body. You could be on an operating table with your insides screaming, but your mind will still be with your baby, wondering if he's had dinner. That incident made me realize that even with a strong support system from loved ones, you can't stop worrying about your child in distressing times. The helplessness, the guilt, the fear that he needed me, and I wasn't there, made me feel so vulnerable. Now, whenever a mom tells me she's tired, anxious, or afraid, I tell her I understand in a way I never could before. I've lived it, on a hospital bed, in blinding pain, with only one prayer in my heart: Let my baby be okay. Read the original article on Business Insider
