In response, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said, “Everyone must make every effort to ensure that every gun is securely stored.”

MPD says they are familiar with the boys involved and that the 14-year-old boy was on the scene when officers arrived.

A man has been charged after he shot and killed three people at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis in October.

A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot by a 14-year-old boy in a Minneapolis home early Tuesday morning, according to police.

Minneapolis police say it happened around 1:30 a.m. in a house on the 2400 block of Ferrant Place. The 14-year-old was handling the gun when the 13-year-old was shot, according to