Family: No charges in school pool drowning
Published 4:08 pm Saturday, April 12, 2014
ST. LOUIS PARK — No charges will be filed in the death of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool at St. Louis Park Middle School.
The family of Abdullahi Charif said it was upset to learn of that decision.
The boy was found unresponsive at the bottom of the pool by the gym teacher as a swimming class was wrapping up on Feb 27. The teacher pulled the child out of the pool and began CPR. Charif later died.
Hennpein County Attorney Mike Freeman said there was insufficient evidence to charge any crime. The family said the boy did not know how to swim.