VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-11-01
“We decided the line was too long, and we'd already been waiting there a half hour or so,”
Madeline Francia · said 2026-10-30 · reported 2026-11-01
Francia told KCRA 3 she had been inside the Spirit Halloween store shortly before the shooting but left because of a long line.
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