Police: 18-year-old fatally shot
Published 10:07 am Friday, July 10, 2015
CROOKSTON — According to police an 18-year-old man has died after being shot by a friend in the northwestern Minnesota community of Crookston.
Crookston Police Chief Paul Biermaier said Juan Morales died Thursday afternoon at a hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. According to police, he was found with a gunshot wound to the head just after midnight.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection to Morales’ death. The suspect is expected to appear in court Friday.
Crookston police Lt. Darin Selzler said Morales’ death comes as a shock to the small community. The city is about 25 miles southeast of Grand Forks, North Dakota.