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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police on Monday identified a fugitive suspect who opened fire inside the Mall of America last week before fleeing a suburban Minneapolis shopping complex with the help of several accomplices. Did.
According to Bloomington Police, her 21-year-old Shamar Aron Lark of Minneapolis shot Nike three times in front of her store after half a dozen people were caught. The shooting forced some shoppers to evacuate and authorities closed the mall. No injuries have been reported.
Lark and another of his men, who were charged with the shooting, are being investigated for second-degree assault. They have not been formally charged. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges pleaded with the two men to turn themselves in.
Two men were accused of helping him flee the mall on a Western Hotel shuttle. He was charged Monday with aiding and abetting a criminal. Police said two of them worked at the hotel, and after the shooting Lark and another man were taken to the hotel.
A day after the shooting, Hodges said two of his accomplices had obstructed the investigation by tricking police into believing that Lark and another man were still at the hotel. rice field. Despite the suspect leaving, the hotel was closed and searched by the police.
"We have been there for a long time when we should have been looking for them," said Hodges.
