BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota — A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America remains hospitalized, police said in an update Saturday.

The man, identified by police as Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, threw a 5-year-old boy from the third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in what has been called a random attack.

CBS news reported that during a news conference, police said the child, who fell almost 40 feet, has significant injuries.

“The child is still alive,” said Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts. “He’s receiving care. I think we’re just asking for your thoughts and prayers for that child to recover.”

The suspect, 24-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, has been charged with attempted homicide in relation to the incident.

Aranda ran from the scene but was arrested in the mall’s transit station. Aranda, who lives in the Twin Cities metro area, is being held by Bloomington police on suspicion of attempted homicide.

The chaotic scene played out about 10:15 a.m. in the southeast corner of the mall. Police officers responded to a report of a child falling over a third-floor railing, but soon learned the child had been “pushed or thrown,” Potts said.

A witness said a woman screamed that her child had been thrown from the balcony.

Brian Johnson told WCCO-TV the woman was screaming, “Everybody pray, everybody pray. Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge.”

According to TwinCities news, the 4.2 million-square-foot Mall of America has occasionally been a place for anti-American hate crimes and disruptive protests.

Just last year a muslim man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for randomly attacking two brothers at the Macy’s department store at the mall. The man said he was inspired by the Islamic State when he stabbed the brothers in a dressing room area in November 2017.

Proof that he was a muslim:

We all know that the media tries to downplay certain things when “some people do something” wrong. But most people can tell a lot about a person by their posts on social media platforms.

We are still looking for his Facebook account, if he has one, but we did find his LinkedIn account where he posted stuff titled “Hollywood ran by Jewish amateurs” and posts complaining that “No apology issued by US” to Iranians.

A quick view of Aranda’s Linkedin account shows that not only was a supporter of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, but he also supported Ihman Omar, promoted Islam, and was an anti-Semite.

Screenshots of some of his posts:













Criminal Record:

According to court records, Aranda has a long list of arrests and convictions for misdemeanor criminal offences in recent years. He was convicted of fifth-degree assault, trespass and interfering with a police officer.

He was also sentenced to 30 days in the Hennepin County workhouse and ordered to get a mental health evaluation.

In August 2015 he was arrested for smashing computers at the Sumner Library in north Minneapolis. He told the police that he became angry after reading something on Facebook and smashed five computers.

Aranda is also located in Ihman Omar’s district. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is a Somali-American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019.

Comment below.