AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Tuesday's deadly shooting at the mall has some in the community questioning if the mall is a safe place to go for entertainment and shopping.

The mall reopened with normal business hours earlier today less than 24 hours since yesterday’s shooting.

But some in the community are questioning the future of the mall, and if it’s a safe place to go after a slew of incidents in recent years.

Anna Dixon says she and her kids have been going to the Augusta mall for years.

But after this most recent incident, she calling for it to be shut down for good.

"I don’t want nothing to happen to them, because there’s too much stuff going on in Augusta, Georgia. But I condone that it needs to be shut down," she said.

Back in October 2020, we reported a shooting that happened at the

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