OT: Shooting at Monroeville Mall......
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Sorry, I left the area in 1970, so my memory may be vague--what does Ross Park have to do with Monroeville Mall?
The first incident at Monroeville Mall.....
wasn't a shooting, it was a gigantic, nearly Mall-wide brawl. That was initiated by, oddly enough, a bunch of high school girls.
So really, not as much a brawl as a giant cat fight.
wasn't a shooting, it was a gigantic, nearly Mall-wide brawl. That was initiated by, oddly enough, a bunch of high school girls.
So really, not as much a brawl as a giant cat fight.
I grew up a couple miles from Monroeville Mall and spent a good portion of my youth there. I moved away in 2002 and am very surprised by these last couple incidents. Maybe I'm sheltered but in no way did it seem like the type of place where these things would happen. Especially the 1000 person battle royal.
Business owners not pleased... Lowes and Home Depot will be selling plywood soon.
Monroeville mall will be the Eastland and East Hills shopping center...
Whatever happened having fun like putting soap in the fountains and bubbles everywhere...
Next will be... Not my kid..
Monroeville mall will be the Eastland and East Hills shopping center...
Whatever happened having fun like putting soap in the fountains and bubbles everywhere...
Next will be... Not my kid..
Sure, it's irrational to not want to go to a mall where two awful violent incidents have happened within the last 6 weeks.
The Monroeville Mall has been declining for the last ten years. There are probably more guns there on a Saturday night than at an NRA convention.
3, no over reaction, Monroeville is a neighborHOOD. It is not a coincidence Washington, Westmoreland and Butler counties are thriving...
Pennsylvania native and ex-NFL quarterback Terrelle Pryor tweeted Saturday that he was at the mall, a short drive east of Pittsburgh, when the shooting occurred.
Is he no longer in the league?
Is he no longer in the league?
Re: Any zombies involved? I hear that mall is crawling with them. Nm
Pete, You remember those days and were you ice skating and have a fish sandwich at the Oyster House?
Pete, You remember those days and were you ice skating and have a fish sandwich at the Oyster House?
Some of us older guys haven't forgotten about the Allegheny Center Mall either.
It's what happens when the authorities allow the Philistines to take over.
There is a common theme to all of these incidents at Monroeville Mall, but you cannot discuss this because it is not politically correct.
Anyways....on to the shooter. A 17 year old kid. Apparently had a beef with one of the victims so he just randomly opens fire without regard to anyone else.
What a piece of crap human being this kid is? Want to stop this crap? Kill Him. I mean now, no trial, no appeals, if you are 17 years old are already that hardened with no concern of life, you are nothing but a cancer on society for you next 60 years of existence.
Just a public execution. Done. Over. We will see how these "gangstas" start shaping up.
Anyways....on to the shooter. A 17 year old kid. Apparently had a beef with one of the victims so he just randomly opens fire without regard to anyone else.
What a piece of crap human being this kid is? Want to stop this crap? Kill Him. I mean now, no trial, no appeals, if you are 17 years old are already that hardened with no concern of life, you are nothing but a cancer on society for you next 60 years of existence.
Just a public execution. Done. Over. We will see how these "gangstas" start shaping up.
...but stay away from downtown Washington, PA, and the areas around the W&J campus - especially at night.
monroeville and the mall have gotten more and more dangerous over the last 10 to 12 years. there are reported muggings and car jackings in the mall parking lot every couple of months. i hear about more crime at that mall than every other mall within 80 miles of pittsburgh combined. there is a reason the monroeville pd is the most highly paid department in all the suburbs--they earn it. woodland hills high school is a warzone from what i hear now...i would not live out east if you paid me.
The shopping areas around the mall all seem to be in the upswing, probably at the expense of the mall. Aside from the mall, Monroeville seems like a decent, safe place to shop. Where are all of the bad areas of Monroeville people reference? Or is this just spillover from Penn Hills, etc...?
I took the kids to Sponge Bob on Friday night at south Hills village, had an hour to kill so we got a bite to eat at the Mall. Yes, to answer your questions, kids still hang out at the mall. That awkward age of kids that are old enough to get away from the folks on a weekend night but not old enough to start drinking in the woods..
you drank in the woods too? LOL, i thought we were the only ones...if only life was still so simple that the biggest concerns in life were who was getting the beer and to make sure there was a way to get out if the cops pulled up from one direction...
I teach at Gateway HS, which serves Monroeville and Pitcairn.
Although our school has its share of problems, I just want to point out
that the fights after Christmas and the shooter last night were NOT residents
of Monroeville or Pitcairn and not students at Gateway. In a world
where perception is reality, I just wanted to point that fact out.
Although our school has its share of problems, I just want to point out
that the fights after Christmas and the shooter last night were NOT residents
of Monroeville or Pitcairn and not students at Gateway. In a world
where perception is reality, I just wanted to point that fact out.
Drinking in the woods... Oh the memories.. We had paths called the jack rabbit and the racer when we would get chased by police. The crazy part, one of our gang's Dad was the Chief and we would always take his beer that he confiscated from others... Classic.
Monroeville is getting worse by the day, spill over from Wilkinsburg, Penn Hills and many many HUD houses... Access cards galore and nice cars.
Monroeville is getting worse by the day, spill over from Wilkinsburg, Penn Hills and many many HUD houses... Access cards galore and nice cars.
My wife teaches there as well and I subbed there for a long time. It's s whole lot better than what people believe.
E-fresh, I did hear the same. My old School District Woody High has many problems with kids from Wilkinsburg having an aunt/relative that live in Woodland Hills school district and use their mailing address so they can go to Woody High versus Wilkinsburg.
One of my old frustrated neighbors has video of the kids and followed their drivers to their home in Wilkinsburg.
No BS.
One of my old frustrated neighbors has video of the kids and followed their drivers to their home in Wilkinsburg.
No BS.
I graduated from Penn Hills in 1985, and I doubt anyone would've classified it as a bad area at that time. By the time I moved out of state in 2002 it was starting to get a little sketchy. When I go back to visit family now it's obviously not a great place. My mother has stopped going to Penn Hills Shopping Center out of fear.
Monroeville seems to be following the same pattern. Ten years from now it will be a place best avoided. I'm no social engineer, I have no idea what the solution is, but I do know that the east suburbs are becoming a place that is bad living environment.
Monroeville seems to be following the same pattern. Ten years from now it will be a place best avoided. I'm no social engineer, I have no idea what the solution is, but I do know that the east suburbs are becoming a place that is bad living environment.
1985 Penn Hills had some old time Italians, kids that stayed in the area moved to Plum, Penn Township and Murrysville... They knew the change was coming. Heck, Churchill Valley Country was still booming.
Monroeville needs to change... If not... Shut it down.
Monroeville needs to change... If not... Shut it down.
Bring back the Mob. I say that obviously half joking, but they would not let their neighborhoods degenerate into these type of places.
Again, this is the fine line to walk. You wonder why people are prejudiced, well the make up of these areas change, and the areas don't get better, they get a lot worse. It is not hard to connect the dots.
Again, this is way extremes and will never happen, but executing some of these guys who commit violent crimes committed with a gun, and it will start to clean it up. Because now, going to jail for awhile is nothing more of a badge of honor, giving them more street cred.
Malls are going to be added to the list of things you tell your grandkids about like video stores, home phones, and the old Big East. People are going less and less because shopping is online now. This isn't news. Some of us still go to malls for specific needs but the days of going to the mall to "go shopping" are pretty much over.
Monroeville Mall is done after these last 2 events. Its going to go the way of Century III Mall. It'll remain "open" but at half-capacity with crap stores. The only 3 malls that are going to survive the next couple decades are Ross Park, Mall at Robinson, and South Hills Village and only because of the demographics of those areas. SW PA will be a 3 mall city.
Monroeville Mall is done after these last 2 events. Its going to go the way of Century III Mall. It'll remain "open" but at half-capacity with crap stores. The only 3 malls that are going to survive the next couple decades are Ross Park, Mall at Robinson, and South Hills Village and only because of the demographics of those areas. SW PA will be a 3 mall city.
