Child thrown from balcony of Mall of America showing "real signs of recovery"

A 5-year-old boy who, according to the authorities, was threw a balcony on the third floor At Mall of America shows "real signs of recovery," CBS Minnesota told a family lawyer on Friday. Police said the suspect, Emmanuel Aranda, had told them that he had gone to the mall "looking for someone to kill" and had picked the boy at random.

"We have good news to announce to you on this Good Friday.Our miracle child is showing real signs of recovery.The results of the new tests are positive, even though he remains in intensive care with a long way to go." said lawyer Stephen Tillitt on Friday. in the name of the boy's family.

The video surveillance of the mall shows Aranda walking through the mall on the third floor, looking several times on the balcony, before approaching the victim and his mother, reports CBS Minnesota. The boy's mother told the authorities that Aranda had approached them and, without warning, had hugged him and threw him over the balcony .

The child dipped nearly 20 meters, suffering from major head trauma and broken arms and legs, according to CBS Minnesota.

Tillitt said Friday that the family continued to claim privacy while she was focusing on her son and her recovery, but updates will be shared with the community.

"Just know that we absolutely feel your love, your prayers and your support, because they seem to work, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart," said Tillitt on behalf of the family.

A GoFundMe campaign set up for the family has raised more than $ 900,000 in six days, which is fast approaching the $ 1 million goal.

Aranda appeared behind a glass partition Tuesday in an audience hall of Hennepin County Jail. Asked by the judge when he had questions, he replied: "Not at all."

Aranda remains in prison with a $ 2 million bail.

According to a criminal complaint, Aranda told investigators after his arrest that he was upset to have been rejected by women with whom he had tried to speak at the mall, "and that this refusal was not enough. has led to get caught and become aggressive ".

Aranda has already been convicted of assaulting the mall twice in 2015, including one in which he dumped a glass of water and a glass of tea on a woman who refused to buy him anything. Aranda at one point was banned from the mall.

Aranda was also charged in August 2015 with destroying computers in a library in North Minneapolis, the station reported. According to the criminal complaint, Aranda told police that he "had anger issues" and that "it does not happen all the time".

Aranda was born in Chicago, where documents from the Cook County Court revealed an arrest in 2014 for assaulting a woman who worked at a Golden Nugget restaurant.

---

Editor's Note: This title has been updated to more accurately describe the incident. A man is accused of throwing a 5 year old boy from a balcony of the Mall of America.