Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:14 PM

riversedge (52,769 posts)

Man who threw 5-year-old from Mall of America balcony was 'looking to kill': Police

Source: abc

The suspect was being held on felony charges of premeditated murder.

By Karma Allen Apr 16, 2019 2:06 PM

A Minneapolis man was looking for a random adult to kill over the weekend before he threw a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America, authorities said.

Emmanuel Aranda, 24, grabbed the child and tossed him down nearly 40 feet on Friday, leaving the boy with life-threatening injuries, including multiple broken bones and severe head trauma, according to charging documents.

Aranda ran away from the scene, but police apprehended him at a nearby light rail station in Bloomington, about 10 miles south of Minneapolis. Officers said he appeared "calm" as he was arrested and never questioned why he was taken into custody.
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Aranda told investigators he was "looking for someone to kill, but it did not 'work out,'" according to a probable cause document released Monday. He said he came up with a plan to "kill someone at the mall" on Thursday and indicated that he was angry because women at the mall had rejected him.......................................

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-threw-year-mall-america-balcony-tells-police/story?id=62423602&cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed

I hope this man never sees the outside of a prison for the rest of his life!

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Man who threw 5-year-old from Mall of America balcony was 'looking to kill': Police (Original post)	riversedge	Apr 2019	OP
The Incel crowd strikes again...	Blue_Tires	Apr 2019	#1
This!	dhol82	Apr 2019	#8
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2019	#2
This message was self-deleted by its author	sfwriter	Apr 2019	#3
These men are demented and buttressed by RW media	Miigwech	Apr 2019	#4
Yep, these gross misfits like rush limpballs, Alex Jones and the rest of the herd promote hatred and	RKP5637	Apr 2019	#7
What a disagreeable person	JohnnyRingo	Apr 2019	#5
Wait is the child alive or dead?	Loki Liesmith	Apr 2019	#6
Sounds like the child is almost dead.	dhol82	Apr 2019	#9
According to WaPo's coverage, the charge is 'attempted' premeditated first-degree murder..	Princess Turandot	Apr 2019	#10
Here's a picture of the suspect.	Wolf Frankula	Apr 2019	#11
What an absolutely evil piece of shit.	BlueStater	Apr 2019	#12

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:16 PM

Blue_Tires (54,671 posts)

1. The Incel crowd strikes again...

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 06:21 PM

dhol82 (6,511 posts)

8. This!

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:30 PM

Miigwech (2,156 posts)

4. These men are demented and buttressed by RW media

rush limpballs, is the biggest promoter of misogyny ... get the drug addled loser off the radio.

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 06:19 PM

RKP5637 (56,978 posts)

7. Yep, these gross misfits like rush limpballs, Alex Jones and the rest of the herd promote hatred and

death for profit. They are despicable imbeciles straight from hell and should be no where near the public airwaves.

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:31 PM

JohnnyRingo (13,939 posts)

5. What a disagreeable person

That was the best I could do without using a string of swear words.

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:56 PM

Loki Liesmith (3,280 posts)

6. Wait is the child alive or dead?

Sounds like the child is alive but perp being charged with premeditated murder?

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 06:24 PM

dhol82 (6,511 posts)

9. Sounds like the child is almost dead.

Dreadful.
Poor thing could last for a long time with machines doing the maintenance.
He’ll never be normal again. That’s if he actually survives.

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:00 PM

Princess Turandot (4,063 posts)

10. According to WaPo's coverage, the charge is 'attempted' premeditated first-degree murder..

He told the police that he came to the mall specifically to kill someone:

When Bloomington police questioned him, he told them repeatedly that he had “come to the mall that day looking for someone to kill, but it did not ‘work out,'” authorities said. He said he had planned to kill an adult before ultimately choosing the young boy, authorities said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/16/man-charged-throwing-boy-off-mall-balcony-had-history-accosting-women-authorities-say/

The child sustained extensive head injuries in a 40 foot fall, although he is still alive. Awful.

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Wed Apr 17, 2019, 07:35 PM

Wolf Frankula (2,447 posts)

11. Here's a picture of the suspect.

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He is under close arrest, charged with attempted first degree murder. If convicted he will find that the State of Minnesota does not have the death penalty for the attempted murder of child, but the prisoners in the State Pen might.

Wolf

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Wed Apr 17, 2019, 07:49 PM

BlueStater (6,458 posts)

12. What an absolutely evil piece of shit.

Maybe a hulking inmate will toss him off the third floor of whatever prison he's going to.

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