“The mall is closing early this evening due to a disturbance. Upon entering this quaint little market, you are greeted with the smiling faces of the happy workers.
Seeing snapchats of large amount of people in mall running and scattering. The Aurora Mall's name is rather deceiving where as in most places a mall means that there is a bunch of different stores to shop at, the Aurora Mall is simply a grocery store. Streets around the mall were blocked by police vehicles at about 6:05 p.m.įamily members looking to pick up loved ones can enter the Town Center off of Exposition Avenue, police tweeted at about 6:30 p.m. Officers said they were working to clear out the parking lots at about 5:35 p.m.ĭenver police were called in to help Aurora officers. “Public is asked to avoid the area unless you need to pickup a family member,” police tweeted at 5:25 p.m. One witness tweeted a video showing police officers holding at least two women face-down on the ground. Police later described it as “multiple skirmishes inside of the mall.” No customers or officers were hurt, according to Aurora police. “There was something going around on social media, that was going to take place here at the Town Center of Aurora, which is what drew all of these people who were up to no good to our mall.” Chris Amsler with the Aurora Police Department. “How it all started, was actually something on social media,” said Sgt. They were all under 18 years old, Michels reported.Ībout 3,500 hundred shoppers were evacuated from the mall. “As the officer was attempting to escort the arrestee to the Aurora Police Substation inside of the Town Center the crowd continued to advance on the officer and several other fights broke out.” “When the officer went to arrest one of the subjects involved he was surrounded by a unruly crowd,” Sgt. Police said at one point, the crowds were circling around their officers and that’s why they decided to evacuate the mall. 🚔👮🏼♀️👮🏾♂️ December 27, 2016įOX31 Denver Reporter Ashley Michels said the incident started as a fight in the food court and ended up involving about 500 people. Twelve people were killed and 70 others were injured during the tragic event.
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On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting took place at the mall's Century 16 movie theatre during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. No one else is being will be permitted into the mall. The Town Center at Aurora, which used to be named Aurora Mall, is located in the center of the area's commercial and retail district. #APDAlert: Large disturbance at is being closed and evacuated by APD. Police evacuated the Town Center of Aurora and closed the mall on the day after Christmas, after what they described as a “large disturbance.” Police say it started with a post on social about a fight planned at the mall and escalated from there. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĪURORA, Colo. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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