A 31-year-old man was charged Tuesday with leaving a loaded gun among many firearms in his downtown Minneapolis apartment, where his 12-year-old son accidentally shot his 10-year-old brother to death.
Brandon L. Mayberry was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death on April 15 of Amare Rashaun Mayberry-Campbell at the apartment in the 300 block of Hennepin Avenue.
A warrant has been issued for Mayberry's arrest. Contact information for Mayberry was not immediately available Tuesday. A message was left with an attorney who is representing him in a civil matter.
According to the criminal complaint:
Officers arrived at the apartment building and began lifesaving measures on Amare, who had been carried down to the lobby by the 12-year-old and a neighbor. Emergency medical responders took Amare to HCMC, where he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
A police search of the apartment turned up the gun and seven other firearms. Several of them were loaded. Unsecured ammunition was also found in the residence.
The 12-year-old, described by police as hysterical, told officers that his father went to work, leaving him and his brother alone in the apartment.
He said he sat on a pillow in his father's bedroom and felt the gun beneath him.
