The mother of 19-year-old Johntae Hudson filed a wrongful death complaint in Hennepin county seeking over $50,000 in damages, claiming inadequate security allowed armed individuals to enter despite prior violent incidents.
On December 23rd 2022, a fatal shooting occurred inside the Nordstrom store at the Mall of America during a busy Christmas shopping weekend.
An altercation broke out when a group of attackers blocked 19-year-old Johntae Hudson from following his friends up an escalator.
Hudson was tackled to the ground and shot multiple times at point-blank range by multiple gunmen using firearms equipped with extended ammunition magazines.
The incident triggered immediate chaos and forced the entire shopping center into a temporary lockdown.
Although two teenagers were previously sentenced to 30 years for second-degree murder following the fatal confrontation, the new legal filing argues that security failed to act on a 911 call reporting a gunman nearly 30 minutes before the attack.
The court will now review the allegations to determine whether the mall is liable for Hudson's death.
We reached out the the family's legal council who declined an interview.
