After shooting injured 6 at Crown Center, shopping mall will reopen. What to know
Kansas City’s Crown Center shopping mall plans to reopen at noon Thursday after a shooting the night before wounded six people and drew a major police response that shut it down.
The shooting was reported about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday with multiple 911 calls reporting the sound of gunfire and people shot inside the mall in the 2400 block of Grand Boulevard, according to Sgt. Jake Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman.
Two victims were discovered in the food court area on the lower level, where the shooting took place, Becchina said. Police later learned four more had arrived at a hospital by private vehicle.
On Thursday morning, Anne Deuschle, a Crown Center spokesperson, confirmed to The Star that the shopping mall and the Crown Center Shops will open at noon, but some stores may still be closed.
“At this time, some individual Crown Center merchants are open and some are not,” Deuschle said in a statement. “Any customer should reach out to the business they are interested in visiting to see if they are open today.”
Crown Center Ice Terrace, Kaleidoscope, Legoland Discovery Center and Sea Life Kansas City will operate at their normal Thursday hours, which are:
- Crown Center Ice Terrace: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Kaleidoscope: 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
- LegoLand Discovery Center: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Sea Life Kansas City: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What stores are inside Crown Center?
The following shops, restaurants and attractions are inside the mall:
- Amy’s Hallmark
- Best of Kansas City
- Burnt End BBQ
- Cheeky Bird
- Chip’s Candy Factory
- Chip’s Chocolate Factory
- Club 22
- Crayola Kansas City
- Crown Center Showplace
- Cupcakin
- Curry in a Hurry
- Deborah’s Art Studio
- Empanada Madness
- European Accents
- Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant
- Function Junction
- Greek Food, LTD.
- Hall’s Kansas City
- Initial
- Kid Oh!
- La Fuente Mexican Street Food
- Madrigal’s Elite Detailing
- Music Theater Heritage
- One East Urban Bar & Kitchen
- Pak Ling Express
- Pen Place
- Potatoes and More
- Shang’s Tea House
- Sheridan’s
- Shop Local KC
- Spin! Pizza
- Sportibles
- Starbucks
- Taste of Philly
- The Apothecary
- The Coterie Theatre
- The Electronics Store
- The Missing Piece
- Topsy’s Popcorn Shoppes
- Toy Time
- Unforked
- Zaina
This story was originally published January 18, 2024 at 11:10 AM.
