Article: MALL GUNFIRE WORRIES PARENTS SECURITY CONCERNS ARISE AT TEEN HANGOUTS.(News)

Byline: CLAUDIA ROWE AND CASEY McNERTHNEY P-I reporters

The day after a burst of gunfire at Southcenter mall transformed the popular gathering place into a crime scene, customers were back Thursday, bargain hunting in full force - some oblivious to the recent violence that left a man hospitalized.

Police officers and managers at Westfield Southcenter sought to downplay the Wednesday night parking lot shooting, which sent shoppers running for cover, insisting that malls are no more dangerous than any other public space.

But three weeks ago, another young man was shot outside Northgate Mall, and criminologists say malls - as the new American downtown - ...

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