Two Charged In Minn. Shooting That Killed 5-Year-Old

Two teenagers have been charged in a Minneapolis shooting that killed a 5-year-old boy who had been sleeping on his grandmother's couch.

 

 

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two teenagers have been charged in a Minneapolis shooting that killed a 5-year-old boy who had been sleeping on his grandmother's couch.

The teens, one 17 and one 15, were both charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the death last week of Nizzel George. The younger boy was charged as a juvenile, but the older one, Stephon Terrell Shannon of Minneapolis, was charged as an adult.

According to a criminal complaint, Shannon told a witness that he fired at the house. Shannon said he was on the porch of a nearby house when it was shot at the night before, and he believed someone associated with the house where Nizzel was staying was responsible.

Nizzel's funeral was scheduled for Tuesday.

(KFGO file photo)

 

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