A 12-year-old boy from St. Paul died after an accidental shooting in Cass County on Sunday.
According to a sheriff's office press release, the shooting happened around 8:00 a.m. on some public land in Moose Lake Township, near Motley. According to deputies, the boy's 47-year-old uncle accidentally shot him while they were hunting squirrels.
Deputies received the call and were able to get the boy out of the woods and to a helicopter, which transferred him to a hospital in the Twin Cities, where he died on Sunday.
The investigation is on-going.