Mall shooting in Kansas City area

[xmas74]

Incident occurred at Independence Center in Independence, MO within the last hour. Reports at this time are that there were injuries and the mall is being evacuated.

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_missouri/independence/independence-center-shut-down-after-shooting

Great-turns out it was in the kids' section at Macy's. That's a frightening thought.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. hadn't heard about this.

[justiceischeap]

3. Independence, MO used to be the Meth capital of the USA

I don't know if it still is but I think in the late 80s, early 90s it was.

Hope everyone is okay.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Didn' know, but genuinely not surprised! n/t

[justiceischeap]

6. I lived there as a kid and it didn't seem bad

but home never does as a kid, you know?

I just did a quick search and apparently, it still has a huge meth problem (though the police are trying to spin it as the meth-busting capital trying to ignore there are so many labs to bust). http://bit.ly/wxQ11Z

[Judi Lynn]

5. Hadn't heard, yet. Thanks for the info. Hope they catch the perp(s). n/t