MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Police are investigating after a 10-year-old boy was fatally shot inside an house constructing in downtown Minneapolis Friday evening.

In accordance with the Minneapolis Police Division, officers responded to a taking pictures round 11:35 p.m. inside an house constructing situated on the 300 block of Hennepin Avenue. Once they arrived, officers situated a boy who had been shot.

Early investigations point out that the boy and a “juvenile member of the family” have been alone within the house when the taking pictures occurred, MPD wrote in its information launch.

The ten-year-old boy was instantly handled on the scene and transported to the hospital, the place police say he later died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Workplace will launch his identification and trigger/nature of dying after an post-mortem is performed.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated Saturday morning that he’s in contact with MPD in regards to the investigation. He known as for gun security and gun management legal guidelines to “prominently” be addressed in group security conversations.

“The information of this morning is a tragedy,” Frey wrote on Twitter. “My coronary heart goes out to the household and pals grieving the lack of their younger liked one.”

This story shall be up to date as extra info turns into obtainable.