Panhandlers, intoxicated people cause trouble at shopping center
Gallup Firefighters Lt. Michael Hoffman and Craig Carver assist a drunken man in downtown Gallup in this Jan. 22, 2009, file photo. The man was found passed out along Second Street with a Listerine bottle at his side. Copyright © 2010 Gallup Independent

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

GALLUP — Wilhelmina Shorty showed up to work like every Saturday afternoon and found the floor of the Laundry Basket, 1816 E. Historic Highway 66, covered with broken glass and fresh blood.

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