A shooting at a mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin over the weekend left eight people injured and a 15-year old in police custody after he initially fled the mall in the chaotic aftermath of the shots that were fired. Inexplicably, Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride decided to focus his initial comments on trying to shame the gunman for not respecting the mall’s no-guns allowed policy.
Mayfair has a strict no-gun policy, McBride shared and said, “guns have no place in shopping malls or other places in which crowds of people gather… If the shooter had complied with that policy, no one would have been hurt yesterday.”
McBride went on to thank the Wauwatosa Police Department as well as nearby police departments for the protection they provided to those inside the mall, the Wauwatosa Fire Department for their attention to those injured, and the community “for their strength and determination. We have survived past challenges and we will survive this one.”