Man was looking for random adult to kill before he threw five-year-old boy from third-floor balcony at the Mall of America, authorities reveal.
Emmanuel Aranda, 24, grabbed the child andon Friday, leaving the boy with life-threatening injuries, including multiple broken bones and severe head trauma, according to charging documents.
Aranda told investigators he was "looking for someone to kill, but it did not 'work out,'" according to a probable cause document released Monday. He said he came up with a plan to "kill someone at the mall" on Thursday and indicated that was angry because women at the mall had rejected him. Aranda was previously banned from the mall for throwing water in a woman's face and destroying property. Police said also he had a warrant for an arrest in Illinois on assault charges.
Police said surveillance video from the scene showed Aranda entering the third floor of the mall and looking over the balcony several times before he approached the 5-year-old victim and his mother.
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