[11th_VA]

In the bottom photo (i figured the layout out) there are clumps of white pines at the far end of the parking lot. Nobody parks down there, I don't think the parking lights extend that far. That would be the perfect place to hide ...

[Hatteras]

Maybe he was going to lie in wait for the movie theatre to start emptying out? Theatres in the bottom right corner of mall (second pic).