DENVER — Following a series of random stabbing attacks around the 16th Street Mall over the weekend, a local business owner in the area said she is still holding onto hope that planned renovations in the area will help boost safety and bring back customers. On Saturday, three people were stabbed along the mall, with a fourth stabbing on Sunday near Union Station. Two people died of their injuries — one of the Saturday victims and the Sunday victim, the Denver Police Department said.
After COVID, we were hoping that we would get through that and then things would just go back and rise and go back to the way that they were previously. But since then, we have found that it's not the case. With the crime that has escalated since then, and all the construction, our walk-in traffic is not back to how it used to be.'Mermaid's Bakery closes at 3 p.m. because she doesn't feel safe staying open any later than that, she said.