Skip to content
NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 11:00
Watch on Demand
Advertisement

Three charged with helping Mall of America shooting suspect evade custody

Three charged with helping Mall of America shooting suspect evade custody
Yes those are the facts. Um So I was at DSW our work and basically I was towards the back of the store and I heard the shots and I didn't really know what they were at first and then I just thought I heard my name stampeding towards the back. I just heard like rumbling from above me and honestly I just knew something bad was gonna happen and um I was on my way to get water and I look around and everyone's like grabbing their kids and just running towards the, basically that's really all I saw you can see it even if you're not on it though just search like twitter and all of America.
Advertisement
Three charged with helping Mall of America shooting suspect evade custody
Police on Monday identified a fugitive accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America last week before fleeing the suburban Minneapolis shopping complex with the help of several accomplices.Bloomington police say Shamar Alon Lark, 21, of Minneapolis, fired three rounds in front of a Nike store following a fight involving a half-dozen people. The shooting sent some shoppers running for cover and led officials to lock down the mall. No injuries were reported.Lark and another man accused in the shooting are being sought on suspicion of second-degree assault. They have not been officially charged. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges pleaded with the two men to turn themselves in.“... Understand our detectives and officers are not going to rest until they have you in custody,” Hodges said at a Monday news conference.Three people accused of helping the two men escape the mall in a Best Western hotel shuttle were charged Monday with aiding an offender. Police said two of them worked at the hotel, where Lark and the other man were taken after the shooting.Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold were each charged with felony aiding an offender to avoid arrest, KARE reports.The day after the shooting, Hodges said two of the charged accomplices hindered the investigation by leading police to believe Lark and the other man were still in the hotel. The hotel was locked down and searched by police even though the suspects had left.“We were there for a long time when we could have been looking for them,” Hodges said.

Police on Monday identified a fugitive accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America last week before fleeing the suburban Minneapolis shopping complex with the help of several accomplices.

Bloomington police say Shamar Alon Lark, 21, of Minneapolis, fired three rounds in front of a Nike store following a fight involving a half-dozen people. The shooting sent some shoppers running for cover and led officials to lock down the mall. No injuries were reported.

Advertisement

Lark and another man accused in the shooting are being sought on suspicion of second-degree assault. They have not been officially charged. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges pleaded with the two men to turn themselves in.

“... Understand our detectives and officers are not going to rest until they have you in custody,” Hodges said at a Monday news conference.

Three people accused of helping the two men escape the mall in a Best Western hotel shuttle were charged Monday with aiding an offender. Police said two of them worked at the hotel, where Lark and the other man were taken after the shooting.

Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold were each charged with felony aiding an offender to avoid arrest, KARE reports.

The day after the shooting, Hodges said two of the charged accomplices hindered the investigation by leading police to believe Lark and the other man were still in the hotel. The hotel was locked down and searched by police even though the suspects had left.

“We were there for a long time when we could have been looking for them,” Hodges said.