Man Who Threw Boy From Mall Balcony Gives Vile Reason For His Actions

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Man Explains The Evil Reason He Threw 5-Year-Old Boy From Mall Balcony

The man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy off the third-floor balcony at the Mall of America has been charged, and his reasons for doing it will completely melt your brain.

According to WSB-TV, Emmanuel Aranda told police he was mad about being rejected by women in the Minnesota mall, thus he was “looking for someone to kill.”

The 24-year-old tyrant has been charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder in the Friday attack last week.

As a refresher, the thrown child plunged almost 40 FEET and is currently fighting for his life in a Minneapolis hospital. He suffered head trauma and multiple broken bones.

This isn’t the first time Aranda has gotten in trouble with the law either. He actually has two past convictions for assaults at the same mall, both which were in 2015. In one instance, he threw a glass of water and glass of tea at a woman who refused to buy him something. He was banned from the mall at one point.

Court records indicate that Aranda has been ordered to undergo psychological evaluation or treatment following the earlier mall assaults.

The 5-year-old boy’s mother described the horrific incident, telling police that Aranda came up to her group as they stood outside the Rainforest Cafe restaurant.

She said she asked Aranda if they were in his way, and that’s when he picked up the child without warning and threw him off the balcony, according to the complaint.

Aranda was captured by police on a light rail train at the mall, as he was waiting for it to leave. They said that he admitted to throwing the child from the balcony, and he mentioned that he had come to the mall a day earlier looking to kill someone, but it did not “work out.”

“Defendant indicated he had been coming to the Mall for several years and had made efforts to talk to women in the Mall, but had been rejected, and the rejection caused him to lash out and be aggressive,” the complaint said.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the kid, named Landen, and it’s already raised over $673,000 as of Tuesday morning.

The page’s creator, Noah Hanneman, posted an update on Sunday, saying that Landen had a “peaceful sleep and is still fighting his courageous battle.”