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Milenko Kindl
at the doors, the Westroads Mall reopened Saturday morning, three days
after a gunman killed eight people and himself at the mall's Von Maur
store.
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The store, however, remained closed. A spokeswoman said there is no
timetable for its reopening, but the company hopes it will be soon.
Yellow holiday lights brightened Von Maur's exterior, but its main
entryway remained dark.
Outside the mall, two Red Cross vans and a Salvation Army unit were
set up near the food court entrance.
Early shoppers faced wind-chill temperatures of only two degrees above
zero before trickling into the food court or the mall proper, even
before most of the retailers had raised their security gates.
Mall security videotape released Friday shows Robert Hawkins entering
the Von Maur department store Wednesday, leaving, then returning about
six minutes later, clutching his midsection as if hiding something and
stalking toward the elevators.
Police did not release video from the third floor where Hawkins fired
the gun. But a still image taken from the videotape shows Hawkins with
his sleeves rolled up, aiming his AK-47.
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