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A 5-year-old child who collapsed Friday from a balcony of the Mall of America was injured, and a man suspected of pushing or throwing the child faces a charge of attempted homicide said the police.
Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, was informed at 10:17 that a child had fallen off the third floor balcony of the mall and had landed on the first floor. The child is still alive and receiving care.
Witnesses told police that "the suspect, who had pushed or possibly thrown the child, immediately ran after the incident," said Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts.
Potts said one witness had tried to prevent the suspect from fleeing, and that the police officers had "promptly" found him in the mall and placed him on the alert. view.
The suspect, Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, from the metropolitan area, faces a charge of attempted homicide, police said in a statement.
The police stated that he had no relationship with the child or his family. Officers are still investigating the scene and working with mall employees to find a video footage of the incident.
The reason he threw the third floor child still is not clear, but Potts said that they were still trying to understand why that had happened.
"We believe that it is an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the public," the police said, adding that "there is no danger to the public," said the police, adding that The Bloomington police investigation, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Crime Lab and the Metro Transit police investigation continued.
The Mall of America statement called the alleged act "insane".
"It was a foolish act and the words can not really express our deep emotion and deep sadness," said the Mall of America in a statement. "Our one and only immediate concern is the well-being of the family and the child, as well as anyone who has witnessed the incident."
The child is being cared for at Minneapolis' Children's Hospital in Minneapolis, officials said.
Bloomington is a city of about 82,000 inhabitants located south of Minneapolis.
The court records show that Aranda had already been arrested twice at the Mall of America, reported the Associated Press.
He was arrested on July 4, 2015, after the police reported that it matched the description of a man throwing objects from the mall's upper level. Police said that he had refused to give his name and resisted arrest. He was also charged with having entered a mall store and having spent his hand on an exhibit table, breaking glasses.
In October 2015, Aranda was accused of throwing glasses at the Twin Cities Grill in the mall. According to the complaint, he reportedly approached a woman who was waiting for the opening of the restaurant and asked her to buy him something. threw a glass of water in his face and a glass of tea that hit his leg.
Aranda was undergoing an intrusion notice at the time barring him access to the mall until July 4, 2016, reported the AP.
Messages left by NBC News with two public defenders who, according to court records, show that Aranda, in previous cases, were not immediately returned late Friday afternoon after office hours .
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