A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old during a birthday party in north Minneapolis over the weekend.

Raymond Valentino Bowser, of Minneapolis, has been charged via juvenile petition with second-degree murder in the death of Aundre Loyd, who was shot in the side of the head in the basement of a home on the 2900 block of Russell Avenue North Sunday evening.

The initial 911 call reported that the wound Loyd suffered was self-inflicted, but as officers arrived at the scene, they were flagged down by a teen running from the scene, who told the officer his friend had been shot.

The teen alleged that Bowser had shot Loyd in the head "following an interaction between the two," per the criminal complaint. The witness said he fled the house b

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