A teenager was shot and killed at a birthday party in north Minneapolis Sunday night, police said.

An investigation is underway into what exactly led up to his death.

The Minneapolis Police Department said a single shot was fired in a basement near Russell and 29th avenues just before 11 p.m.

Police believe several teenage boys were celebrating a birthday at the time. Police said the initial 911 call was for a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but they later learned the victim may have been shot by someone else.

Police do have one boy in custody as a person of interest.

While police piece together what happened, Chief Brian O'Hara said he's thinking about the family.

"As a father myself, I cannot imagine what it would be like to go through a crime of violence to your child like this, and

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