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ABC warns of terror fears in wake of non-terrorist mall shooting David Edwards and Nick Juliano Planning on heading to the mall tonight to pick up that perfect sweater or pair of earrings your significant other has been eying for Christmas? Well, ABC News warns, you might be better off staying home to shop on Amazon. "Police have long believed that malls are the perfect target for the deranged or terrorists," ABC correspondent Pierre Thomas intoned on Wednesday's evening news, hours after nine people, including the gunman, lost their lives in a mall shooting spree in Omaha. "And there is good reason for concern." Reprising tragic tales of recent mall shootings in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Utah and Kansas City, Thomas says the open, convenient environment of packed malls means there's little that can be done to absolutely ensure shoppers' safety.
A former FBI agent supports view that malls create a breeding ground for potential mayhem. "Malls of course are always going to be a 'soft target,' but keep in mind they're particularly busy around the holiday season," retired agent Brad Garrett says. "So for someone to go into a mall and commit the acts that this individual has committed (in Omaha), it creates a mindset in the public, 'Are malls really safe to go to?'" The answer to that question, for ABC, appears to be, "No." Thomas reminds viewers of last month's Department of Homeland Security warning that terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda were suspected to be plotting mall-based attacks. "The intelligence was deemed of weak credibility,
but underscores just how seriously law enforcement deems the threat,"
Thomas says. "Now the concern, with the holiday season upon us, is
that this latest tragedy will spur copycats."
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