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 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

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.

Three teenage boys were killed late Tuesday in a shooting at an Alief-area apartment complex that investigators believe was a fight between rival groups, according to the Houston Police Department. Detectives late Tuesday were searching for two teenagers who fled the scene after the shooting,

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