A teenager has been ordered to stand trial as an adult for his alleged role in a fatal shooting inside the Mall of America in December last year. Lavon Sema-J Longstreet, now 18, faces 2nd-degree murder and 2nd-degree assault charges after the fatal shooting Dec. 23. He was 17 years old at the time.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges has confirmed that five people were arrested this morning in connection to a fatal shooting inside the Mall of America on Friday night.

Bloomington police have arrested a man suspected of a shooting inside the Mall of America on New Year's Eve that injured two people. Kahlil Markell Wiley, 18, of Saint Paul, was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 on the 2600 block of Rice St. in Roseville and a firearm was recovered at the scene, police said. Wiley is being held on suspicion of 1st-degree assault with further charges forthcoming from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

Bloomington police are investigating after two people were injured after a shooting occurred inside the Mall of America on Friday evening just before 5 p.m. Police officers inside the mall located two victims near Sears Court on the third floor of the mall. One victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and another had suffered a wound to the shoulder. Both injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.