Emmanuel Aranda is accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a height of almost 40 feet.
By Kayla Epstein and Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow Katie Mettler Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow April 16 at 9:25 AM A man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a balcony at the Mall of America on Friday had been “looking for someone to kill,” authorities say.
Instead, authorities say, Aranda grabbed the child and threw him off the third-floor balcony, a nearly 40-foot fall to the ground below. Charging documents name a litany of Aranda’s previous offenses and incidents at the famed Minnesota mall, which draws 40 million visitors a year. He indicated to investigators that “he had been coming to the mall for several years and had made efforts to talk to women in the Mall, but had been rejected, and the rejection caused him to lash out and be aggressive.”
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