A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Amir Lamar Atkins, who was killed last month at Folwell Park in north Minneapolis.
He was booked into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of murder.
The shooting happened on the afternoon of Sunday, June 23, at Folwell Park, located near Dowling Avenue North and Morgan Avenue North. According to initial information, gunfire broke out in the park as one vehicle drove through the grounds and two others moved through the adjacent parking lot.
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