Man suspected of throwing boy from Mall of America balcony had prior violent incidents at the mall

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A 24-year-old man arrested Friday morning, April 12, accused of randomly throwing or pushing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America has had other violent incidents at the Bloomington shopping center, court records show.

The man, identified by police as Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, was accused in July 2015 of throwing things off the upper level of the mall to the lower level. He also refused to give his name to police and resisted arrest.

Aranda was given a trespass notice then to stay away from the mall. But three months later he was accused of returning and throwing a glass at a woman in a mall restaurant.

In Friday’s incident, the boy suffered life-threatening injuries and was being treated at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts said.

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