A 3-year-old boy shot himself in a western Minnesota home and died in what officials are calling an accident.
3-year-old boy dies after accidentally shooting himself, according to Sheriff’s Office
The gunfire occurred in a home about 10 miles south of Wadena, Minn., officials said.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
December 30, 2024 at 7:31PM
A caller to law enforcement at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday reported the shooting in a home in Oak Valley Township, about 10 miles south of Wadena, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office.
The wounded 3½-year-old boy was taken by emergency responders to a hospital in Wadena and died that night, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday afternoon.
An online fundraising page started on behalf of the family identified the boy as Rudy Sweere.
There is no word yet from the Sheriff’s Office about the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
Other people were in the home at the time, the Sheriff’s Office said; there have been no arrests.
Another man also was stabbed. The suspect, from San Diego, was arrested, police said.
