UPDATE: Boy Apparently STILL ALIVE After ANIMAL Threw Him Off 3rd Floor at Mall of America!

UPDATE:  This is an update to a prior story.  New information is at the top.

A shred of good news to report in this case.

By the most recent accounts we have available, the boy who was reportedly thrown off the third floor of the Mall of America by a sick ANIMAL not worthy to be called a human being is reportedly still being treated by the hospital.

That’s according to the most recent report we have from the local police.

The injuries are no doubt serious, but the fact he’s still in treatment means he’s still alive.

CONTINUE TO PRAY EVERYONE!

Here’s more, from the AP:

A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday.

Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said during a news conference that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man who apparently didn’t know the boy or his family threw him off the balcony Friday. Authorities haven’t released the boy’s name and say his family has requested privacy.

Potts said he couldn’t give an update on the boy’s status, except to say that he’s being cared for at the hospital and that his parents are with him. Hospital officials haven’t responded to requests for a status update.

Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, of Minneapolis, was arrested at the mall’s transit station after the attack and is jailed on a suspicion of attempted homicide charge. Potts credited bystanders and mall security for his quick capture.

“This is a horrific situation,” Potts said.

Potts said investigators don’t believe Aranda knew the boy’s family and do not have a motive.

A witness, Brian Johnson, told WCCO-TV on Friday that he heard a woman scream that her child had been thrown from the balcony. He said she was screaming, “Everybody pray, everybody pray. Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge.”

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ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES BELOW:

This story makes me sick to my stomach….

I can barely even bring myself to report the story, but it’s important and if he did it we need to lock him up for the rest of his life or implement the death penalty.

Here are the breaking reports:

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