Police said a dispute between two groups of young men led to an exchange of gunfire at the Minnesota mall on Dec. 23.
MINNEAPOLIS — Three suspects were charged Thursday in connection to the Mall of America shooting on Dec. 23 that killed 19-year-old Johntae Hudson, of St. Paul, inside the mall’s Nordstrom store.
Taeshawn Adams Wright, 18, of Minneapolis, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault, and two 17-year-olds were charged with second-degree riot.Two others were arrested on Dec. 24 in connection to the shooting, but they have not yet been charged because some suspects have refused to cooperate with the investigation, Police Chief Booker Hodges“We expect additional arrests and criminal charges associated with this case in the near future,” Hodges said.
Police said a dispute between two groups of young men led to an exchange of gunfire at the mall on Dec. 23. According to charges, Hudson was shot eight times and died in the men’s section at Nordstrom. Witnesses, mall security guards and first responders tried to save him. Police found cartridge casings near Hudson’s body, along with a .40 caliber firearm that was “determined to be associated” with Hudson.FILE – An officer stands inside Nordstrom at Mall of America after a shooting on Dec. 23 in Bloomington, Minnesota.on one of the final days of the holiday shopping season.
Mall spokesperson Laura Utecht said metal detectors were added to the mall’s north entrance in October in a testing phase, but they were not operational during the most recent shooting. Other security features — including cameras, K9, bike patrol and plainclothes officers — have been put into place, Utecht said.
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