Man who threw boy from balcony went to mall planning to kill, authorities say

Minneapolis -- The man charged with throwing a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America told police he was angry at being rejected by women at the Minnesota mall and was "looking for someone to kill" when he went there last week, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.


Emmanuel Aranda, 24, of Minneapolis, is charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder in Friday's attack. The child plunged almost 40 feet and was fighting for his life in a Minneapolis hospital with head trauma and multiple broken bones.

Aranda has two past convictions for assaults at the mall, both in 2015, including one in which he threw a glass of water and glass of tea at a woman who refused to buy him something. Aranda at one point was banned from the mall.

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This is absolutely disgusting. Came to the mall with intentions on killing someone and decided to choose a defenseless 5 year old boy. I don't even have the words.....

a reply to: LSU2018
That's just mind-blowingly horrendous. I can only think that Mr Aranda must be a very sick man.

Incels gonna incel.

He planed in advance to kill, before he went there. He wanted some one to die. If he is convicted we should give him his wish, don’t you think?

F***ing incels.

Rejected by women

nearly kills a 5 year old..

Spend life being accepted by men..

Ah, logic ...

I am angry at women for rejecting, so I decide to pick on another male.

holy # man

i cant even imagine being at the mall with my daughter and some just tosses her like that..

i cant even think about it

a reply to: TinySickTears

That's the standard parent reaction, and further, most of us who have kids can't conceive of just tossing a kid too. Who'd do something like that?! It boggles the mind.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: TinySickTears

That's the standard parent reaction, and further, most of us who have kids can't conceive of just tossing a kid too. Who'd do something like that?! It boggles the mind.

i really try to refrain from puffing up on the internet by saying what i would do to a person but in this situation just think of something pretty terrible and assume i would do that

How this trash made it out of that mall alive is a mystery to me. I would have killed that guy several times over had I witnessed that...

a reply to: Edumakated

yeah thats smart

go to jail forever

good call

originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: Edumakated

yeah thats smart

go to jail forever

good call

Someone arbitrarily chucks my kid over the edge and there are two likely responses from me:

1. Break my neck trying to get to my kid

2. Break my neck trying to get at the person who did it

originally posted by: Fisherr
Rejected by women

nearly kills a 5 year old..

Spend life being accepted by men..

Well, Incel is involuntary Celibacy.

A kid-killer in prison is so going to be involuntarily sexually active.

If he's just not killed outright.

Which statistically would be the case.

And good riddance... I'd consider it pest control.

originally posted by: ketsuko


Someone arbitrarily chucks my kid over the edge and there are two likely responses from me:

1. Break my neck trying to get to my kid

2. Break my neck trying to get at the person who did it

of course

but someone throws your kid over and i dont kill them several times over

my kid

yes

that was my point

originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: Edumakated

yeah thats smart

go to jail forever

good call

Do you honestly think a jury would put you in jail for that?

After all, it's a textbook definition of temporary insanity.

Well, a liberal jury probably would, so I guess it would depend on the state/county.

In Montana you'd get a parade.

originally posted by: Lumenari

originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: Edumakated

yeah thats smart

go to jail forever

good call

Do you honestly think a jury would put you in jail for that?

After all, it's a textbook definition of temporary insanity.

Well, a liberal jury probably would, so I guess it would depend on the state/county.

In Montana you'd get a parade.

i dont know for sure but i would have to think yes you would go to jail for that

if someone threw your kid off the balcony and you killed them then yes i can see a temp insanity plea

if someone through someone elses kid off and you killed them then no. i dont think temp insanity applies

but i am not a lawyer

cant even leave politics out of this one i see

a reply to: TinySickTears

Guess I'm a different kind of parent then some then.

Because the last thing I would be thinking about while killing the bastard is if I served time or not.

But hey, we're all different...

originally posted by: Lumenari

originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: Edumakated

yeah thats smart

go to jail forever

good call

Do you honestly think a jury would put you in jail for that?

After all, it's a textbook definition of temporary insanity.

Well, a liberal jury probably would, so I guess it would depend on the state/county.

In Montana you'd get a parade.

The number of not guilty by reason of insanity please across the nation is very low, at less than one percent (0.85%). Of those attempting an insanity plea, success in being acquitted is even more rare, at about 0.26%. Most defendants, about 70%, who have initially entered an insanity plea withdraw their plea after a court-ordered evaluation finds them legally sane.

It is worth noting that not all states allow defendants to be acquitted on the basis of an insanity plea. Most of these states instead allow for a finding of “guilty but insane,” which provides for institutionalization rather than prison. These states include Montana, Utah, Kansas, and Idaho.

legaldictionary.net...

cant even use it in Montana.
so much for the parade

less than 1% pull it off

so like i said

good call

a reply to: TinySickTears

Citizen's Arrest ... with prejudice.