[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.

[mhking]

It may just be that he/they picked a mall right off the highway.

I'm inclined to agree with you - I figure pick a spot where picking someone off would be akin to shooting fish in a barrel. Where else than a shopping center?

[MP5]

I talked to someone who said that there was a shooting a couple of months ago in Manassas, Va. at a Michaels Craft Store.

Radio just said something about a second shooting in Virginia!!