Police: Mall of America murder suspect, mother who drove him to Georgia arrested

A 17-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Johntae Hudson at Mall of America last month has been arrested in Georgia, police announced Tuesday.

Lavon Semaj Longstreet, who is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, was taken into custody Tuesday in Decatur, Georgia. A U.S. Marshals Service task force, aided by sheriff’s deputies from DeKalb and Fulton counties, made the arrest.

At the same address, a 30-year-old woman suspected of aiding an offender and a 31-year-old man with a warrant for an unrelated assault were also arrested.

Back in Golden Valley, police arrested Longstreet’s mother, who is accused of driving him down to Georgia the day of the shooting. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said she is being held on suspicion of aiding and abetting.

“And I said, ‘Anybody that helps him is going to get locked up,'” Hodges said during a news conference.

Police made five arrests shortly after the Dec. 23 shooting at Nordstrom, and prosecutors have so far filed charges against four total suspects. Longstreet was charged via a warrant and was on the run until Tuesday.

TaeShawn Adams-Wright, 18, who investigators say also shot at Hudson, is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault. Two 17-year-old juveniles were each charged with one count of second-degree riot.

A criminal complaint states a group was arguing inside Nordstrom and that Adams-Wright and Longstreet allegedly brandished handguns with extended magazines.

The group chased Hudson, and surveillance video allegedly shows Adams-Wright and Longstreet standing over him at different points as muzzle flashes gleam.

Hodges said Tuesday he expects further arrests in the case.