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4 Family Members Found in Southeast Minnesota Fire Died From Gunshot Wounds
The sheriff’s office said the three boys were killed by gunshot wounds, and investigators are not expecting to release more details.
- On Nov. 11, The Mower County Sheriff confirmed that 38-year-old Levi David Christenson and his three sons—Oliver, Felix, and Calvin Jones Christenson—died of gunshot wounds following a house fire in Grand Meadow on Nov. 8.
- Emergency crews responded to the home at the corner of First Avenue Northeast and First Street around 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, discovering four individuals after The Grand Meadow Fire Department brought the blaze under control.
- Sheriff Steve Sandvik stated Levi Christenson died by suicide, while the deaths of 14-year-olds Oliver and Felix and seven-year-old Calvin Jones Christenson were ruled homicides by gunshot wound, the MCSO reported.
- A GoFundMe and Meal Train have been created to support Lauren Hosp, the children's mother, while a prayer vigil is scheduled at Finbarr Catholic Church to assist the community in healing.
- Due to the investigation's complexity, the office anticipates no further public updates, with Sheriff Steve Sandvik noting, "The nature of this tragic and inconceivable tragedy occurring in the close-knit small community has touched all parts of the community.
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4 family members found in southeast Minnesota fire died from gunshot wounds
The manner of death of the children was determined to be homicide, and their father, Levi Christenson, died by suicide, according to the sheriff's office.
·Cloquet, United States
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House fire deaths in Mower County determined to be murders, suicide
The death of three boys and their father at their home in Grand Meadow has been determined to be three murders and a suicide, not a deadly fire, according to an update from the Mower County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.
·Saint Paul, United States
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