CMPD: Man spits on 4-year-old child at SouthPark Mall

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man is facing charges after police say he spit in a little boy’s face at SouthPark Mall. Malik Shropshire is charged with assault on a child under 12 and second-degree trespassing.

According to arrest warrants, it happened Sunday afternoon in the children’s play area. Police say he spit in the four-year-old’s face and then ran off. Police arrested him at a nearby Walgreens.

According to investigators, he was already banned from the mall and the Walgreens where he was arrested.