[aristeides]

But why would they pick a Michael's store twice? Some kind of grudge?

[Dog]

Don't read to much into the stores....

Targets of opportunity.....is all.

These people see a shot they take it...

[Thud]

Chiefly female customers, particularly mothers of school-age children.

But why would they pick a Michael's store twice? Some kind of grudge?

[Pete]

But why would they pick a Michael's store twice? Some kind of grudge?

It may just be that he/they picked a mall right off the highway. The mall parking lot offers clear shots from a distance and the highway offers quick escape route. Maybe the fact that the two malls they chose had Michaels stores is a coincidence.