Sunday night after riots erupted from protests over a 18-year-old unarmed black man being shot to death by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis law officers on Monday evening quickly closed down the Galleria mall after receiving multiple reports of fights.
Both Nordstrom and Macy’s confirmed to KMOV local news that they evacuated and closed down their stores a little after 6:00pm.
KMOV reported “Sources tell News 4 multiple groups of people were in the mall fighting. Galleria security called police and the mall began evacuating customers. Richmond Heights officials say that while there is a large police presence at the scene, no ambulances have responded.”
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