'Last request' to scatter ashes shuts down mall

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His intent was to honor his fiancee's wishes. She had worked at the store as an optician before succumbing to cancer in June.

“I was just scattering ashes — a last request,” Morin said Friday. “Right now it sounds like I'm a monster. I scattered her ashes at other places too — the beach and stuff — places where she was happy.”

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His actions at the mall drew 25 police officers and 10 fire trucks, and shut down the mall for more than two hours Tuesday afternoon

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Mall workers and customers were told to “shelter in place” during the incident, and prevented from leaving the mall.

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