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A shooting at the Mall of America on Friday claimed the life of Jonte Hudson, 19, in St. Paul, Minnesota. File photo credit: Mall of America
December 26 (UPI) — The victim of last week’s fatal shooting at the Mall of America was identified by Minnesota officials on Monday as a 19-year-old man from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jonte Hudson was found dead from “multiple gunshot wounds” at 7:49 p.m. Friday and the manner of his death was declared a homicide, Hennepin County coroner Dr. Andrew Baker said in a news release. mentioned in the release.
His sister Janiah Hudson organized a GoFundMe to raise money for his funeral and has since raised $9,275.
“Jontae was the most loving and caring person to his family and friends. He radiated positive, fun energy and brightened up the room with his smile. Overall, he was a great person,” she wrote. I’m here.
Janaya Hudson told KARE-TV that night her brother went to the mall to find a sweater to match his shoes as he was attending a friend’s birthday.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a press conference on Saturday that five people, including three 17-year-old boys and two 18-year-old men, had been arrested in connection with the shooting.
Hodges said all five suspects arrested by SWAT officers at his home outside St. Louis Park, Minnesota, will be charged with second-degree murder in the Nordstrom department store at America’s largest shopping mall. said. .
“We know how, where, what, who knows, but we don’t know why this happened. We don’t want to talk about it,” Hodges said.
The incident marked the first fatal shooting in the history of the mall, which opened in 1992.
But the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that gun incidents are becoming a concern at the shopping center, one of Minnesota’s biggest tourist destinations.
