Shopping buzzed along at Kansas City’s Ward Parkway Shopping Center in the lead-up to Christmas, just days after a 79-year-old woman was robbed in a parking lot there last week.
Patrons zipped about heading into stores in the busy shopping center as a security truck looped through parking lots on a chilly Wednesday afternoon.
After shopping at Trader Joe’s, near where the robbery occurred, Angie Courtney said she generally feels safe in the area, but said people should pay attention to what’s happening around them. With more shoppers out around the holidays, people can be more vulnerable to those looking for targets, she said…