Report: Two People Stabbed At The Mall Of America

According to recent reports, there was some sort of stabbing incident at the Mall of America Sunday night. It apparently took place in the men’s section in the Macy’s department store.

Bloomington Police were dispatched to the men’s department of the mall’s Macy’s department store following reports of a stabbing, Chief Jeff Potts said during a news conference later Sunday night. It was soon realized the situation was an interrupted theft, according to the cop.

The stabbing suspect went into someone else’s dressing room in an attempt to steal that person’s property, Potts said. The victim confronted the suspect, who then pulled out a knife and started stabbing him, according to investigators.

The suspect is in police custody. He’s been identified as 20-year-old Mahad Abdirahaman. Both victims are expected to be OK.

Police said the victim began to yell, and that’s when his family rushed over. The second stabbing victim was believed to be a family member or close friend trying to help the first victim. Both men are expected to survive.

Hearing about a stabbing incident at ANY public place puts me on edge. This one was especially unnerving, because kids were visiting with Santa Claus right outside the department store.

Kim Schwieters told the Star Tribune she and her children were visiting Santa Claus outside of the Macy’s entrance when she saw two police officers run toward the department store, before more cops started running with their guns drawn.

“My daughter could see people lying on the ground who had been stabbed,” Schwieters said, and added police told everyone to leave the area before they closed the store.

Ambulance outside Macy’s MOA…stabbing..large police presence pic.twitter.com/w2S6VrGJkn

— Beth McDonough (@bmcdonoughkstp) November 13, 2017

#BREAKING: First images from the scene of investigation of violent incident at Macy’s in @mallofamerica. Our @joemazankstp is there and snapped these. Stay with @KSTP for confirmed details as soon as we learn them. pic.twitter.com/lGewZrZsXu

— Matt Belanger (@MattKSTP) November 13, 2017

The suspect has been identified as 20-year-old Mahad Abdirahaman https://t.co/ZILhYs32xV

— FOX 9 (@FOX9) November 13, 2017

RichTVXChannel: Breaking #FoxNews Alert : Police confirm stabbing at Mall of America, one person in custody

— RichTVX™News (World) (@RichTVXWorld) November 13, 2017

Scary stuff. I’ve been to the Mall of America…I can’t say I wasn’t a little nervous while there. You just never know these days. Anything can happen.

h/t Fox News