Article: Shoppers, malls take note of attacks ; Officials at area shopping centers say they've discussed security needs after Nebraska shooting.

Shopping for the holidays should be about buying presents, not worrying whether you'll become the victim of a shooting, Carol Donaldson said while shopping this week at Dayton Mall.

"Well, number one, I don't come out anymore without my sons -- either one or the other," the Dayton woman said.

The news of recent shootings at a megachurch in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a department store in Omaha, Neb., is prompting area malls and shoppers to be even more vigilant this holiday shopping season.

"If I have to go anywhere, I'm going to tell you, I'm actually scared," Donaldson said.

Her son, Melvin Crawford, said he doesn't mind tagging along.

"I don't like for her to come by herself," he ...

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