A shooting Friday afternoon in St. Cloud left a 5-year-old boy dead and an adult male facing felony gun charges.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. on the 800 block of 10th Avenue North. St. Cloud police arrested a 35-year-old man who they say was a felon in possession of a stolen firearm, and was negligent in storing the weapon.
The man is being held at the Stearns County Jail. Police had originally been called to the St. Cloud Hospital on a report of a deceased child who had been shot.
During their initial investigation police determined the shooting was accidental.





