2019 Mall of America murder attempt
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Interior of the Mall of America from the third floor | |
| Date | April 12, 2019 |
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| Time | Around 10 a.m. |
| Venue | Mall of America |
| Location | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| Motive | Anger over rejection by women |
| Perpetrator | Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 1, Landen Hoffmann |
| Arrests | 1 |
| Charges | Attempted murder |
| Sentence | 19 years in prison |
On April 12, 2019, five-year-old Landen Hoffmann was tossed from the third floor at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Falling around 40 feet (12 m), the boy suffered life-threatening injuries. Emmanuel Aranda, a 24-year-old man from Minneapolis, was charged with attempted murder. In June 2019, Aranda was sentenced to 19 years in prison. The boy underwent multiple surgeries for broken bones and injured organs. He was able to return to his school in time for his first day of kindergarten that autumn.