Ogden,UT lost a mall the same way. The gang bangers assaulted patrons and police were afraid to act. The mall failed, closed and was razed. A new mall arose a few miles away. Presumably out of range for the bad element that ruined the other mall.
The same happened in West Palm Beach, They just knocked down the mall on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard because of feral youth. The place became abandon because people feared going there due to violent crime.