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 woman who was shot last week at a Minneapolis homeless encampment has died from her injuries, according to a release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.

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

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.