Short Hills mall might consider security changes after fatal carjacking

As shoppers returned to the Mall at Short Hills today, the manager of the upscale shopping center said mall officials might consider making changes to its security plan in the aftermath of last night's fatal carjacking.

Michael J. McAvinue, the mall's general manager, said stores opened at 8 a.m., as scheduled. The lower levels of the parking garage where shopper Dustin Friedland was shot Sunday night re-opened this afternoon.

Police are searching for two assailants who fled in Friedland's silver Range Rover after shooting the Hoboken attorney in the head as he returned to his car with his wife around 9:10 p.m. The car was found today behind a vacant house in Newark, near Route 78.

McAvinue declined to comment on the shooting, which he said remains an active police investigation.

"Our number one priority is the safety of our customers and our store employees, and we are doing everything we can to cooperate with police," McAvinue said.

When asked about mall security, McAvinue said the shopping center officials would consider reviewing procedures in response to the shooting.

"We have a very good security program in place. Would we be willing to review that? Absolutely," he said.

The Mall at Short Hills uses an outside contractor, International Protection Corporation, to provide security for the inside and outside of the mall, McAvinue said.

International Protection Corporation, based in Illinois, is a large firm that provides security to malls and shopping centers around the country.

Source: nj

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