The man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy over a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America has pleaded guilty.
Emmanuel DeShawn Aranda, 24, of Minneapolis, pleaded guilty to first-degree premeditated attempted murder at a hearing on Tuesday.
As part of his plea, Aranda accepted that throwing the child over the third-floor balcony – a drop of approximately 40 feet – could kill him.
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