Killeen Mall
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| Location | Killeen, Texas, United States |
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| Coordinates | 31°05′35″N 97°43′00″W / 31.0931°N 97.7167°W |
| Opening date | 1981 |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group |
| No. of stores and services | 100 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 557,418 sq ft (51,785.8 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | killeenmall |
Killeen Mall is a 557,418-square-foot (51,785.8 m2) shopping mall located in Killeen, Texas located on 63.1 acres (25.5 ha).[1] It is owned and managed by Kohan Retail Investment Group.
History
[edit]The mall opened in 1981 and has 100 stores.[2] The original anchors were Bealls, Sears, and O. G. Wilson Catalog Showroom, owned by Zale Corporation (later Best Products).[3]
Killeen Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, with the other being Temple Mall, in nearby Temple.
On December 28, 2018, Sears announced that the Killeen Mall location would be closing in March 2019 as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide.[4] The former Sears will become a second Dillard's.[5]
In February 2024, Kohan Retail Investment Group bought the Killeen Mall for $30 million.[6]
2024 truck incident and shooting
[edit]On December 21, 2024, 53-year-old John Darrel Schultz of Kempner, Texas drove a pickup truck into the front doors of the JCPenney store in the mall. Schultz was being pursued by police after an officer attempted to pull him over near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Interstate 14 in Belton for driving erratically and potentially under the influence. Schultz led officers to Killeen Mall where he veered into the parking lot of the mall before crashing through the glass front doors of the JCPenney.
Schultz injured five people inside the store, including four who required hospitalization, between the ages of 6 and 75-years-old and was pursued on foot by officers in the store. Schultz allegedly drove several hundred yards inside the store before a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, a Killeen police officer, and three off-duty officers, one of whom was working as a security guard for the mall, opened fire on Schultz, killing him.[7][8] False claims of an active shooter at the mall spread online.[9]
Anchors
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jones Lang Lasalle (March 2010). "Killeen Mall" (PDF). Jones Lang Lasalle. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ^ Killeen Mall (December 2012). "Killeen Mall". Jones Lang Lasalle. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ^ Skidmore, G.D. (2010). Historic Killeen: An Illustrated History. Historical Publishing Network. p. 93. ISBN 9781935377269. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren (2018-12-28). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ Erin Eskew Herald (2019-12-08). "Killeen Mall: Dillard's restructures with Sears building purchase". The Killeen Daily Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "Kohan Retail Group Acquires Killeen Mall For $30.07M From Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust". February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Pickup truck driver killed by police after driving through busy mall store is identified". Associated Press. December 22, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ Adams, Lauren (December 21, 2024). "One dead, five injured after fleeing suspect drives into Killeen Mall". KXXV. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ Hice, Jim (December 22, 2024). "'Kept him from harming and possibly killing any more people' | Suspect shot, killed by police after driving through Killeen mall". KCEN-TV. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
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