Incident

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10-15-2023 Minnesota Welcome 1-1

Location

October 15, 2023

1300 block of 130th Ave
Welcome, Minnesota

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Matthew Alshaikhnasser
Age: 2
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Age: 4
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child picked up & fired gun
Child killed by child

Notes

Martin Co.; preschooler inside truck found adult's loaded firearm, inadvertently shot brother; 3 more firearms (rifles) recovered from truck; Colton D. Mammenga charged w/ manslaughter

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/sheriff-4-year-old-shoots-2-year-old-sibling-after-finding-handgun-in-car-fairmont-martin-county/89-e9314cea-2119-4c60-9a26-adab1683cf05

URL: https://www.willmarradio.com/news/adults-could-be-charged-after-4-year-old-fatally-shoots-2-year-old-brother/article_e0acded2-7268-11ee-9a48-97c4c52c3af6.html

URL: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/courts-news/father-charged-2-year-old-shooting-death-by-sibling-martin-county/89-d21bd980-7b78-40cf-b10f-70c4cbaaf90f

URL: https://apnews.com/article/man-charged-shooting-death-child-minnesota-c229de9545ab03e265ccfc2567874fbb

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 22
State House District: 22A