2-year-old dies of gunshot wound in St. Paul apartment

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A 2-year-old boy died in a shooting in a St. Paul apartment, police said.

The child died Wednesday in an apartment in a neighborhood north of downtown. Police were called to the scene about 1:12 p.m. by someone in the apartment who called to say that a boy had “hurt his head.”

Spokesman Steve Linders said police were questioning three juveniles who may have been in the apartment when a gun went off. They were also trying to determine if any other people had been in the apartment.

“At this time, we don’t know if this was accidental, self-inflicted or intentional,” Linders said.

Linders said the boy was pronounced dead eight minutes after paramedics reached the scene.