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Minneapolis Teen Sentenced to Over 30 Years for Mall of America Shooting

Taeshawn Adams-Wright received a lengthy prison term for the 2022 killing of Johntae Hudson during a chaotic altercation

  • Adams-Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years and seven months.
  • The shooting occurred on December 23, 2022, after a fight between two groups of teens at the Mall of America.
  • Security footage showed Adams-Wright and others chasing Hudson through a Nordstrom store before shooting him multiple times.
  • Hudson's mother expressed relief at the sentence, though she felt it was not long enough.
  • One of the other alleged shooters, Lavon Longstreet, is scheduled to go on trial next week.
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