Fatal shooting of teen apparently accidental

Published 10:41 am Wednesday, May 6, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS — Police say the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Minneapolis was apparently an accident.

Authorities say Brandon Wren was shot by a younger male relative on Sunday about 11 p.m. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office says Wren died of a gunshot wound to the neck. KMSP-TV reports the death is classified as a homicide, but police say the shooting was accidental.

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