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Source: Post-Bulletin

GRAND MEADOW, Minn. — The Mower County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday that the four Grand Meadow family members found dead in a house fire Nov. 8 died by gunshot wounds. 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 comment or statement 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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