4 family members found in southeast Minnesota fire died from gunshot wounds

GRAND MEADOW, Minn. — The four family members found dead in a Grand Meadow house fire Sunday died by gunshot wounds, the Mower County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday. Seven-year-old Calvin and 14-year-olds Oliver and Felix Christenson were killed — the manner of death is homicide, the sheriff's office said in a news release Wednesday, Nov. 11. Their father, Levi Christenson, died by suicide, according to the sheriff's office. The family of the deceased said they will not provide any public comments or statements regarding the incident. "The nature of this tragic and inconceivable tragedy occurring in the close-knit small community has touched all parts of the community," Sheriff Steve Sandvik wrote.

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