A mother took her son to the "Mall of America" ​​- after a stranger threw the child off the balcony

Minnesota police on April 12 arrested Emmanuel Aranda, 24, who had already been banned from entering the mall (Video: Reuters).

The "Mall of America" It only opened 17 minutes Friday morning when the screaming began.

On the first floor, face up between the escalator and the Michael Kors store, a boy of 5 years. They had thrown it from the gallery on the third floor – a stranger, according to the police. There was blood; the boy did not move.

The boy's mother he asked everyone to prayAccording to witnesses, security guards, clients and the police started practicing cardiac mbadage, or CPR, for their English characters. The child was transferred to the hospital "with serious injuries" by the drop 12 meters high, Authorities said that 24 hours later he was still being treated.

"It's a pretty big height," said Bloomington's chief of police Jeffrey Potts at a press conference Saturday, describing the scene and its reaction. "Immediately, my thought was," How can such a thing happen? "

Potts called the situation "horrible" and said the department keeps the child and his family in "their thoughts and prayers". Because the family asked for privacy, the authorities have not yet revealed the boy's name. Potts did not give details about his status.

"The child is still alive and receive care, "he said.

The suspect, Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, initially fled, authorities said. A witness attempted to arrest him and the police quickly located and arrested the Minneapolis man at the transit station of the mall. Aranda faces a preliminary charge of attempted murder and is currently being held in Hennepin County Jail.

"I just hope that this little is fine"The witness Michael Baumann told the TV channel ABC 5. "You're just wondering … how can anyone do something like this?"

Reports show that Aranda has a story of aggression and misconduct at the Mall of America, an expanding suburban complex Twin Cities of BloomingtonIn Minnesota, home to hundreds of clothing and footwear stores, restaurants, an amusement park and an aquarium and attracts 40 million visitors a year.

Aranda had the forbidden entrance to the mall In recent years, authorities have indicated that this restriction had expired when the incident occurred on Friday.

In July 2015, he was arrested at the Mall of America. for three minor charges, property damage, misconduct and interference with a security guard – the police then said that Aranda had thrown objects from one of the upper floors from the shopping center to the lower floor. He had also been arrested at the Bare Minerals cosmetics store, where he had broken lipsticks and glbades, the police said.

Aranda had the entrance to the mall is forbidden for one year.

A month later, in August 2015, Aranda told the authorities that he had "anger problems" when he was arrested for a serious property damage crime in a public library. According to the authorities, Aranda had destroyed five computers and keyboards left grim after reading something on Facebook that made him angry.

Then, in October 2015, Aranda returned to the Mall of America – in violation of his order of prohibition of entry – and harbaded and insulted a woman in a restaurant, as the recordings show.

Aranda asked the woman to buy him something while she was sitting in front of the restaurant, waiting for him to open. The woman laughed at the demand, as it appears in the reports, and sat down inside. Aranda followed her and sat down at a table next to her and continued her campaign. When the boss intervened, Aranda became furious. He threw a glbad of water on the woman's head, Then he threw a glbad of tea on his leg, breaking the cup.

He was arrested for six minor counts.

At the press conference on Saturday, Potts said his police department had another extra meeting with Aranda, during which He refused to pay the bill at a restaurant.

Potts said some of the past cases of Aranda have been kidnapped by a mental health court, but did not comment more on the mental health of the man on Friday when the incident occurred.

At least one of the parents was with the victim on Friday morning when Aranda reportedly threw the child off the third floor balcony. Both parents were in the hospital, said Potts. The family is also from the Twin Citie regions.

Brian Johnson had entered the mall just as he had seen the crowd gather on the escalators and the boy on the floor. His mother told Johnson to ABC 5, asked the witnesses: "Please pray, please pray for my son. Everyone here right now, please pray. "

"How on earth can this happen with all the madness happening in the world?" said Johnson. "Why would you choose a child and Do you want to ruin the life of a family like this? "