prep - in versus at

[Offroad]

Dear teachers

Am I correct in assuming 'in' would read better than 'at' in this sentence:

Teen arrested for threating people with gun at Mexican mall.

Thank you

 

[Rover_KE]

[STRIKE]Dear teachers[/STRIKE] Unnecessary

Am I correct in assuming 'in' would read better than 'at' in this headline: (It is not a sentence as there is no main verb.)

Teen arrested for threatening people with gun at Mexican mall.

To me, at sounds perfect.

Rover

 

[emsr2d2]

"At" is fine. What would read better would be the word "threatening", not the incorrect "threating".

Edit: Sorry, Rover, I hadn't noticed your correction of the original.

 

[Offroad]

To me, at sounds perfect.
Rover

It doesn't mean 'in' is incorrect though, as the headline above suggests:

Jailbreak! Cat caught with saws, drills and phone in Brazil prison - CNN.com

 

[probus]

Where I live, in the mall means inside the mall. At the mall would always be used if the occurrence took place out in the parking lot (car-park), but could also be used if the event occurred indoors. So in is more specific and at more general, at least in Canada.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, at​ the mall (or at the "shopping centre") generally means inside it. If I were in the car park etc, I would say "I'm outside the mall" or "I'm in the car park at the mall".