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.

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) – Minneapolis Police say a 13-year-old boy is dead after an apparent accidental shooting early Tuesday morning. Officers were called to a residence around 1:30 a.m. where the boy was suffering from a single gunshot wound. First responders tried to save him, but he died at the scene.

According to the Minneapolis Police Department, officers responded to the report of a shooting on the 2400 block of Ferrant Place at around 1:30 a.m. There, they found a 13-year-old boy inside a home who had been shot once.

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

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

A 14-year old boy is under arrest after police say he mistakenly shot his 13 year old friend. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara tells WCCO that police were “familiar” with both of the boys and called it “troubling and tragic.