(CNN) A 5-year-old in Brooklyn, Park, Minnesota, was shot and killed on Thanksgiving by a 13-year-old who accidentally fired a gun while a group of kids were making a video for social media, according to local police.
Brooklyn Park Police responded to a home on Florida Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Thursday in response to reports of a child who had been shot, police said in a statement on Facebook Friday
Officers "attempted to render first aid; however, the child died at the scene," police said.
Police determined through a preliminary investigation that a 13-year-old boy was "handling a gun" inside the home, police said. "Several other juveniles were present as they were attempting to make a social media video."
It remains unclear exactly what circumstances led up to the shooting, but at some point the teen "shot the gun striking the 5-year-old," police said, adding investigators believe the shooting was accidental.
CherryBowser on November 28th, 2021 at 03:22 UTC »
I wonder if he was “pretend” shooting him. That’s how someone in my high school died. Guns should never be pointed at anyone ever.
TheValgus on November 27th, 2021 at 22:04 UTC »
Can we please start arresting whoever let the kid play with the gun?
aj_ramone on November 27th, 2021 at 21:34 UTC »
If you watch any gun related stuff on Youtube there are literally thousands of videos of teenagers and young adults dancing around to shitty music waving guns around. Youtube shorts, tiktok etc.
It's the stupidest shit I've ever seen, yet people keep doing it. Social media clout is such a pathetic thing to pursue.