Friends of Garden State Plaza gunman Richard Shoop held a candlelight vigil in memory of the troubled 20-year-old in Teaneck as the shopping mall reopens for business today.
Just a couple of days separated the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport and the scare at Garden State Plaza in Paramus that resulted in the gunman's suicide.
Wearing black, RIchard Shoop walked into Garden State Plaza in Paramus on Monday night and opened fire. Police speculate that he wanted to be killed via "suicide by cop."
Gov. Chris Christie said a suicide inside a shopping mall should be a wake-up call to lawmakers to concentrate on mental health issues as a way to prevent similar incidents.
Investigators believe that Teaneck 20-year-old Richard Shoop had no designs on taking lives when he began shooting into the ceiling and other spots in the Garden State Plaza in Paramus late Monday. But how much comfort is that to shoppers in any mall, including the Ocean County Mall in Toms River?
Police confirm the suspected gunman who fired shots inside the Garden State Plaza on Monday night has been found dead in a back room at New Jersey's largest mall.