- December 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Oakbrook Center mall was busy Friday morning with shoppers doing last-minute holiday shopping and dining.
There were no obvious signs that four people had been shot there Thursday evening, when two men fired as many as 15 shots at each other.
Susan O’Donnell of Elmhurst, who was waiting for the Lash cosmetics store to open shortly before 10 a.m., said she figured the mall would be extra-safe Friday, with extra police and security officers.
Plus, she said: “Given the reality of our gun-control laws, it could have happened anywhere. So I did not hesitate to come here.”
Ernest Dawkins, who lives in Chicago, said his first reaction Thursday when he heard the news was “Man, not there.”
“To have that happen out here, especially in an outdoor mall, it’s asinine. Everything is moving,” Dawkins said. “And there’s too many guns” getting into the hands of young people, Dawkins said.
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