5-year-old shot and killed in St. Cloud, man arrested

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Police say a 5-year-old boy has died in an apparent accidental shooting in St. Cloud and a man has been arrested.

Authorities said the boy was shot at a home Friday and that it appears to be an accident.

Police arrested a 35-year-old man on probable charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a stolen firearm and negligently storing a firearm.

The man is being held in the Stearns County Jail.