Witnesses: Woman Says Her Child Was Thrown From 3rd-Floor Balcony At Mall Of America
Source: WCCO-TV
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A child was rushed to a hospital Friday morning after reportedly being thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America.
Witnesses at the Bloomington mall told WCCO that a woman was screaming that someone threw her child from the third floor balcony.
Emergency crews could be seen performing CPR on the child in the southeast corner of the mall. A large amount of blood was on the floor.
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A source tells WCCO that the person who threw, or possibly pushed, the child fled the mall and was apprehended near the light rail station. The source said the victim was a young boy.
Read more: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/04/12/witnesses-woman-says-her-child-was-thrown-from-3rd-floor-balcony-at-mall-of-america/
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was Muslim.
I hope I am wrong. Whatever happened this is a horrific crime.
Sure hope that poor kid comes through this without permanent damage.
...as if it were domestic violence. She said it was "someone" like she didn't know the person.
But a likely landing on solid concrete.
He was banned from the mall before for numerous offenses. Seemed to be mentally disturbed. From the OP link:
Aranda, who is being held on suspected attempted homicide, had been banned from Mall of America in the past, and was charged and convicted of misdemeanors in two separate incidents at the mall in 2015. In July of that year, Aranda was charged with causing damage inside stores, throwing items off of a balcony to a lower level and resisting arrest. Aranda was then charged in October of that year for throwing a glass of water and a glass of tea at a woman inside of Twin City Grill after she refused to buy him food.
Poor little soul; hope medicine can pull the little tyke through
The alleged attacker will be looking over his shoulder the rest of his life if he's convicted. My understanding is that other prisoners don't take kindly to crimes against children and will mete out their own kind of justice.
Source--https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/04/12/witnesses-woman-says-her-child-was-thrown-from-3rd-floor-balcony-at-mall-of-america/
snip--" A source at the scene tells WCCO that the person who threw, or possibly pushed, the child fled the mall and was apprehended near the light rail station. The source said the victim was a young boy.
The suspect is a 24-year-old man, who was not named. Police said they do not, at this time, believe the man to have been related to the victim.
Metro Transit interrupted Blue Line service into or out of the mall due to the police activity, but as of 11:30 a.m. had restored service on the light rail trains."
That poor mother and her family.
The board moves very quickly. Sometimes threads get sifted to the bottom.
Nice of you to kick it back up. 
It’s not as if anyone will disagree that’s it’s a horrible crime. The perpetrator has been apprehended, the child hospitalized, and that’s pretty much it as far as conversation about the event goes.
I can't imagine what they are going through.
