5 arrested in fatal shooting of 19-year-old at Nordstrom in Mall of America, police say - NBC News

Five radical were arrested Saturday successful transportation with the decease of a 19-year-old man, who was changeable Friday nighttime successful a section store successful the Mall of America successful Bloomington, Minnesota, constabulary said.

Three of the radical arrested are 17 years aged and 2 are 18. Police said they are assured they arrested astatine slightest 1 shooter but officials person not ruled retired a 2nd gunman.

Speaking to reporters connected Saturday, Bloomington Police Department Chief Booker Hodges said they haven't determined a motive and the radical arrested look to beryllium uncooperative.

“We cognize the how, the where, the what and the who, we don’t cognize the why,” Hodges said. 

The victim, whose individuality has not been released, was changeable during a combat that happened connected the archetypal level of Nordstrom, Police Chief Booker Hodges told reporters.

Mall information video recorded the altercation, which took spot betwixt 2 groups of betwixt 5 and 9 people. During the fight, a antheral pulled retired a weapon and fired aggregate shots astatine the victim, Hodges said.

Officials fastener down the westbound helping of the Mall of America aft a shooting Friday successful Bloomington, Minn. Alex Kormann / Star Tribune via AP

It was unclear what led to the fight, Hodges said. He said a radical of 5 to 7 radical fled retired a doorway aft the shooting.

Hodges said his thoughts were with the victim's household members who are "having to hide 1 of their loved ones."

"They’re successful pain, and rightfully so, and for thing that should not person happened," Hodges said.

The shooting happened soon earlier 8 p.m., and the promenade was placed connected lockdown. The promenade tweeted astatine 10:10 p.m. that the lockdown was being lifted.

It occurred connected the engaged buying time earlier Christmas Eve. Hodges said 16 officers were successful the promenade Friday, including 1 adjacent the Nordstrom store, who heard the shots.

A bystander's overgarment was grazed by a bullet, but nary different injuries were reported, Hodges said.

Several members of the New York Giants, who faced disconnected against the Minnesota Vikings connected Saturday, were successful the Mall of America erstwhile the shooting occurred. A fewer players were successful the mall, and respective players were successful the team’s repast room, a meeting-type country conscionable extracurricular their hotel, which was adjacent to the mall. No 1 from the squad was harmed.

“Your archetypal thought is, obviously, erstwhile yourself is safe, you deliberation astir your teammates,” wide receiver Darius Slayton said. “There’s guys that could person been shopping. Some guys successful their room, immoderate radical are everywhere. So, obviously, your adjacent thought is each your teammates are OK, which they were.”

The mall, which opened successful 1992, experimented with metallic detectors astatine immoderate of its entrances earlier this year, NBC affiliate KARE has reported. The promenade told the presumption past that it was investigating options "that whitethorn let america to further enhance" information systems.

Earlier this year, a antheral fired 3 shots successful beforehand of a store successful the mall, the presumption reported.