I am really, really, really glad I changed my mind about going shopping at Ward Parkway Mall this afternoon. I had intended to go to T.J. Maxx and Target after I got my car washed, but at the last minute decided just to go get groceries and head home. Not very much later, the mall became “one big crime scene” following a shooting spree that left three dead, including the shooter. Details. The time line would have put me in that parking lot at exactly the wrong time. That’s “my” mall, darn it, and too freakin’ close to home.
Too damn close to home…
kalimeg
April 30, 2007 at 12:43amQuite — and the shooting was supposedly at the Starbucks near Maxx, too.
kosaginolegion
April 30, 2007 at 1:23amWow. I’m glad you didn’t go too. Unnerving to the extreme.
Bannister road is a strangely familiar name. Is there a mall by that name that way? (I used to live in Harrisonville and Belton, MO)
kalimeg
April 30, 2007 at 1:41amYes, but it closed. Over half the malls around KC have collapsed, and Bannister was the latest.
allisonstein
April 30, 2007 at 1:52amThanks, Kosa. Yes, you’re thinking of Bannister Mall, which is closing at the end of May for lack of interest. Ward Parkway Mall is a couple of miles west and about 10 blocks north of it.
kosaginolegion
April 30, 2007 at 2:14amIt’s the way of things. I haven’t been in the K.C. MO area for over 20 years, so I’d be surprised if anything I remember was still operating. Like that little sandwich shop across from the Main Library. I have fond memories of that place during summer vacation.
The satellite views of Belton/Richards Gebauer that I find on Google Earth are hopelessly different from my memory, too. *sigh*
*avoids singing Memories*
kijjohnson
April 30, 2007 at 2:24amYeah, too close. Glad you changed your mind.
allisonstein
May 1, 2007 at 2:42amThanks!
kalimeg
April 30, 2007 at 6:01amThere is a link to your LJ from the KC Star
http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2007/04/ward_parkway_sh.html
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allisonstein
April 30, 2007 at 12:17pmHOw did they get that? And of course it’s to the rare instance when I use strong language.
kalimeg
April 30, 2007 at 1:58pmIsn’t there a special search engine for web logs?
nkcmike
April 30, 2007 at 2:08pmGood job of listening to that inner voice!
allisonstein
May 1, 2007 at 2:43amSometimes it’s best not to ask why, but to go with the gut.
theresamather
April 30, 2007 at 4:35pmEEEEEK!
Wow….so glad you didn’t go.
*hugs
T
allisonstein
May 1, 2007 at 2:43amRe: EEEEEK!
Thanks, T!
fireguarder
May 1, 2007 at 12:44amDitto to what everyone else has said – we’re very glad you didn’t go!
allisonstein
May 1, 2007 at 2:42amThanks!