The ATF says statewide, the number of illegal guns seized from people 17 and under has doubled in six years, from 77 in 2017 to 150 in 2023.

The family of an 11-year-old boy shot to death in a Minneapolis park is demanding prosecutors file murder charges against the suspected gunman.

A neighbor heard “cries for help” after a barrage of gunfire ripped through a Minnesota park and discovered 11-year-old Amir Lamar Atkins suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. “In a moment of crisis, his older brother’s love shone through as he carried Amir, seeking help,” family said in a GoFundMe.

The shootings unfolded over a 16-hour period Sept. 18, with two occurring near a homeless encampment. The two men killed were Roland Scott Little Owl, 20, and Robert Milton Brown, 39, both of Minneapolis.

Moments after being pulled over on Tuesday night, Hennepin County deputies say a driver appears to have used a gun to take his own life.

A man killed near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis was a 19-year-old from St. Paul, the medical examiner’s office said Monday. Darnell Hawkins Mapp was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the area of North Mississippi Drive and North Lyndale Ave after officers responded to a shooting report about 3:10 a.m. Sunday. He died at the scene.