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5-Year-Old-Boy Dead After Apparent Accidental Shooting In St. Cloud

It happened just after 3 p.m. Friday on the 800 block of 10th Avenue North.

(CBS Minnesota)

By Kate Raddatz

November 15, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are investigating after an apparent accidental shooting in St. Cloud left a 5-year-old boy dead.

It happened just after 3 p.m. Friday on the 800 block of 10th Avenue North. Police arrested a 35-year-old Chicago man, who authorities say is a felon who was in possession of a stolen firearm, and was negligent in storing the weapon. He is in the Stearns County Jail.

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Megan Walsh is the lead volunteer for the Be SMART campaign in Minnesota, created by the gun violence prevention organization Moms Demand Action.

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