Crime & Safety

River Oaks Center Mall Reopens After Deadly Shooting, Robbery

Security guard Norman Thomas was shot and killed Wednesday during a jewelry store robbery.

River Oaks Center Mall reopened two days after Thomas was killed.
River Oaks Center Mall reopened two days after Thomas was killed. (CBS)

By CBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) — River Oaks Center shopping mall in Calumet City reopened Friday afternoon, two days after a security guard was shot and killed.

The mall partially reopened on Thursday, a day after security guard Norman Thomas was shot and killed during a jewelry store robbery, but a Calumet City spokesman said when officials saw that the mall had partly reopened, they immediately got customers out of the mall and shut it down again "until further notice."

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