This sounds like a very dangerous mall, and the story reminds us that turning malls into gun-free zones attracts not only suicidal terrorists or nutcases but also common criminals after mall bucks, especially at Christmas time.
Police think the case could be connected to a carjacking about 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7 in the parking garage at Nordstrom department store in which a 30-year-old shopper and her 2-year-old son were abducted as she was putting her bags in the car.
