Man Who Allegedly Left Gun In Kitchen Faces Manslaughter Charge In 3-Year-Old's Shooting Death

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

December 13, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man faces a manslaughter charge after a 3-year-old allegedly grabbed the man's gun and fatally shot himself.

Elliot Staples III is charged with one count of second-degree manslaughter, according to court documents filed in Hennepin County Thursday.

According to the criminal complaint, Staples set his gun down on a center island in the kitchen of a northeast Minneapolis apartment on Oct. 21. He then went to the bathroom and, while in there, heard a gunshot. He came out and found the child bleeding from the head, the complaint states.

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