A 5-year-old is being treated for 'significant injuries' after witnesses say the child was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America. A 24-year-old man is in custody.
A 5-year-old child suffered significant injuries Friday after witnesses say a man either threw or pushed the child from the third floor of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, according to local police.
Bloomington Chief of Police Jeff Potts told reporters Friday that police were called to the Mall of America at 10:17 a.m. local time, and initial information suggested a child had fallen from the third level of the mall's interior to the first level. Additional information from witnesses indicated the 5-year-old might have been pushed or thrown, Potts said. Police officers gave the child first aid along with witnesses, Potts said.
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