A history of problems at the shopping center
The homicide late on Mother s Day was just the latest to draw police attention to the plaza.
According to dispatch records provided to the Journal Star under a Freedom of Information Act request, police have been called to the address 131 times in the past five years due to fights or aggravated battery. In the same time period there were 13 calls for shots being fired there, 10 more where there was evidence of a shooting, and six calls related to unlawful weapons. Additionally, from 2016 to 2021, there have been 272 disorderly conduct calls and seven calls for someone being robbed at the shopping center, the records show.