ST. CHARLES, Minn. — A 12-gauge shotgun was reported missing, possibly stolen, from a home southeast of St. Charles. A sheriff’s investigator was told the weapon was last seen in September but not missed until recently. A man said his grandson had leaned he gun against a building while unpacking from a day of duck hunting. Shortly thereafter, not seeing the gnn, the grandson assumed that a hunting companion had put it away for him. Now, nine months later and not finding the gun anywhere, the grandfather notified the sheriff. This was about 1:30 p.m. in the 11000 block of County Road 35. The gun now has been added to a national registry of missing guns in case it shows up in a pawn shop or a gun swap or a crime.
