-A bystander rushed to help and apprehend the stranger accused of throwing a five-year-old boy from the third-floor balcony in the Mall of America, it has emerged.
Little Landen Hoffmann of Woodbury, Minnesota, was tossed from the balcony on Friday and police arrested 24-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, who is from the Minneapolis metro area.
Aranda was charged with attempted homicide and is currently being held at the Bloomington Police Department.
A bystander who police say witnessed Aranda push the child stopped him from fleeing the scene.
Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts said Saturday: 'We're very appreciative of his efforts to try to intervene and help out in a very difficult situation.'
Police were called to the Mall of America after Aranda, who is not thought to be of any relation, allegedly threw Landen from the balcony. He fell nearly 40 feet...
... Witnesses say a woman at the mall was screaming hysterically after the child was thrown.
'She was screaming "Everyone pray, everyone pray. Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge,"' Brian Johnson told WCCO.
Emergency crews had rushed to help the child...
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