Little boy finds mom, man shot to death in Robbinsdale home

September 15, 2012 at 1:17AM

A little boy found his mother and a man shot to death Friday morning in a home in Robbinsdale, authorities said.

The bodies were found at a home in the 3900 block of Xenia Avenue N., according to police.

The child of preschool age went to a neighbor and said his mother was not moving, said Police Chief Steve Smith.

Officers arrived at the home about 9:25 a.m. and discovered the bodies "in close proximity to each other," Smith said. A gun was recovered at the scene, the chief added.

Smith said that "at this time there is no one specifically that we're looking at" as a suspect.

"We're not quite sure what we have," he added, when asked whether this could be a case of murder-suicide. "We're hoping to know more later."

PAUL WALSH

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