Two individuals have been arrested in connection to the death of 5-year-old Nizzel George.MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) -
Two individuals have been arrested in connection to the death of 5-year-old Nizzel George.
Police would not provide the suspects ages, but confirmed they were being held in the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center.
One of the boys has been booked for probable cause murder, and the other for probably cause weapons charges.
The two boys were picked up in Brooklyn Center Thursday night, police said.
Five-year-old Nizzel George was killed Tuesday after shots were fired into a home on the 4500 block of Bryant Ave. N. in Minneapolis.
Tips from the public, police say, is what lead to the arrest.
Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak issued a statement saying he was pleased arrests had been made in the case.
"In the wake of a horrible tragedy, Minneapolis residents should be proud of the fact that our community and Minneapolis Police have worked around the clock to bring justice in this case," Rybak said in the statement.
