5 Arrested in Deadly Shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America

On Saturday, police announced that five people had been detained in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America, which placed the vast retail mall under lockdown on one of the last days of the holiday shopping season.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune said that Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges made the announcement of the arrests in relation to the shooting on Friday night at a news conference and stated that all would be charged with murder.

According to Hodges, the suspects who were detained were two men, aged 18 and 17, as well as three male minors, aged 17 and older. They were apprehended in the morning at a residence in adjacent St. Louis Park by SWAT team officers from three different jurisdictions.

The 18-year-old suspect is allegedly the shooter, while another suspect may also have discharged a weapon, the chief continued. Still wanted was a sixth suspect.

The newspaper cited Hodges as adding, "In Bloomington, if you come here and murder people at our mall, you get one of these for Christmas," while holding up an orange prison uniform.

Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, tweeted on Saturday that the mall shooting was "Unacceptable in the extreme. To give them the assistance and resources they require, we are in contact with the regional authorities."

The 19-year-old who was killed has not yet been recognised by police, but the chief of police and Bloomington Mayor Tim Busse have communicated with the man's relatives.

Customers fled for safety after hearing gunfire Friday at the Nordstrom store at the biggest mall in the country. According to reports, a bullet brushed a bystander's clothing.

According to authorities, there appeared to be some sort of disagreement between two groups that turned into a fistfight before someone grabbed a revolver and shot the victim many times. The whole thing took place for roughly 30 seconds.