Mondawmin Mall store owners say they fear for their safety

Business owners at Mondawmin Mall told the 11 News I-Team they don't feel safe inside their stores and they blame mall security."It's just pure chaos inside this mall," said Daniel Coven, a store employee.Store owners are fighting back after a jewelry store was robbed and its employees held at gunpoint Sunday.Eddie Saquib was working inside his store, RK Jewelers, Sunday when men robbed him at gunpoint."Around about 4 o'clock, four people with masks and guns came in my store and they hijacked my security guard," Saquib said.Saquib said the men left the store while shooting the gun, seemingly in no real hurry. He said help was nowhere to be found."These guys, they run. Mall security are supposed to protect me and the community, but they run upstairs and downstairs," Saquib said. "I called the cops. Then, I called for a security guard, for the mall security. These guys are running upstairs. I'm alone yelling, 'Someone come help me,' but no one."More than 20 stores remained closed Monday at Mondawmin Mall in a show of solidarity. The owners want mall management to know they are fed up with what they call a lack of security and the violent incidents taking place at the mall."We have been robbed twice. It was just disastrous. We have not been protected from our mall security," said a store owner who asked to remain anonymous."I've watched three shootings, a car go through a Forever 21. It's just chaos, and they do nothing. I watched a kid grab a bag out of (DTLR) and it took 20 minutes for a security guard to come up," Coven said.The 11 News I-Team reached out to mall security for comment and was told, "No comment."

Business owners at Mondawmin Mall told the 11 News I-Team they don't feel safe inside their stores and they blame mall security.

"It's just pure chaos inside this mall," said Daniel Coven, a store employee.


Store owners are fighting back after a jewelry store was robbed and its employees held at gunpoint Sunday.

Eddie Saquib was working inside his store, RK Jewelers, Sunday when men robbed him at gunpoint.

"Around about 4 o'clock, four people with masks and guns came in my store and they hijacked my security guard," Saquib said.

Saquib said the men left the store while shooting the gun, seemingly in no real hurry. He said help was nowhere to be found.

"These guys, they run. Mall security are supposed to protect me and the community, but they run upstairs and downstairs," Saquib said. "I called the cops. Then, I called for a security guard, for the mall security. These guys are running upstairs. I'm alone yelling, 'Someone come help me,' but no one."

More than 20 stores remained closed Monday at Mondawmin Mall in a show of solidarity. The owners want mall management to know they are fed up with what they call a lack of security and the violent incidents taking place at the mall.

"We have been robbed twice. It was just disastrous. We have not been protected from our mall security," said a store owner who asked to remain anonymous.

"I've watched three shootings, a car go through a Forever 21. It's just chaos, and they do nothing. I watched a kid grab a bag out of (DTLR) and it took 20 minutes for a security guard to come up," Coven said.



The 11 News I-Team reached out to mall security for comment and was told, "No comment."