Police: Mother arrested after dispute leads to gunfire, killing 18-year-old daughter, injuring 13-year-old son
MINNEAPOLIS -- Police are investigating after they say a gun went off during a fight, leaving an 18-year-old woman dead and her 13-year-old brother injured in a north Minneapolis home. Their 39-year-old mother has been taken into custody.
Officials say they got the call about the shooting at the 3600 block of Dupont Avenue around 6 a.m. They believe a minor dispute led to the shooting and a single bullet went through the 18-year-old's abdomen and hit the 13-year-old.
"The initial information that we had from the 911 call just simply said that a gun went off during a fight," said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. "Which could imply that it was an accident. It may well have been an accident."
Curstin Hailey Pope died at North Memorial Health hospital. The son was also hospitalized but is in stable condition and expected to recover. Charges are pending for the mother.
There were three other children in the home at the time, police say.
"There's just a whole lot of guns out here. And this is something that we see day in and day out. Where there's some sort of minor dispute, some minor fight and somebody goes and gets a gun. Perhaps in this case the gun went off accidentally and it's absolutely tragic," said O'Hara.
This is the 11th homicide of the year in Minneapolis, police say.
