Milwaukee Walgreens at Layton and National closes due to crime [Video]

PLAN. AT THE CORNER OF LAYTON AND NATIONAL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. JUDITH CARTER WENT TO PICK UP HER PRESCRIPTION FRIDAY AND FOUND THE DOORS LOCKED AT HER NEIGHBORHOOD WALGREENS. I MOVED INTO A SENIOR BUILDING, AND I MOVED THERE BECAUSE IT WAS CONVENIENT. CARTER SAYS SHE AND MANY OTHERS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA CAN’T DRIVE. THIS IS A BIG INCONVENIENCE FOR ME. FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF US. MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE TURNED AWAY FRIDAY BY THIS SIGN AND LOCKED DOORS. BUT THIS WALGREENS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED UNTIL MID NOVEMBER. IN A STATEMENT TO 12 NEWS, WALGREENS SAID IT CLOSED THE STORE EARLIER THAN PLANNED. QUOTE, DUE TO SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. A LOT OF PANHANDLERS YOU GET YOUR PROSTITUTES OUT THERE AND YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST HANGING OUT AND SOME OF THEM TRY TO COME IN THE STORE AND …