Kahlil Wiley, 18, Sentenced To 45 Months For New Year's Eve Shooting At Mall Of America
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A St. Paul teen was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Tuesday for a shooting that hurt two people on New Year's Eve at Mall of America, and put the shopping center into lockdown.
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says Kahlil Wiley, 18, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a count of second-degree assault. He will serve 45 months and pay restitution. Wiley's sentence is nine-months longer than what the guidelines typically suggest because the shooting happened in front of children.
The criminal complaint states that Wiley fired a single gunshot at a man who had spotted him inside the mall's third floor and started to chase him because he was "upset with Wiley over a previous incident."
Wiley's single shot struck the man in the leg. That bullet exited the victim, ricocheted off a metal railing, and then grazed an innocent shopper's shoulder. The wife of that shopper gave a victim impact statement at Wiley's sentencing hearing, saying the event was traumatic for her family.
Wiley also received a time-served credit of 77 days.
RELATED: 'Dangerous, Brazen Behavior': Charges Filed In Mall Of America Shooting That Injured 2
