ELGIN, Minn. – The parents of a 6-year-old boy who was shot while playing inside car outside the family home have been arrested. Tony Duque, 41, and Nicole Lynn McGee, 33, were taken into custody a week after the incident. Wabasha County Attorney Matthew Stinson said the boy was shot by an 8-year-old cousin. They were left unattended with access to a loaded shotgun, Stinson said. The cousin and he victim’s 9-year-old sister, who was also present, have been assigned to social workers. The victim remains hospitalized in Rochester with an abdomen wound. Stinson doesn’t anticipate more charges: “It doesn’t seem to have been an intentional act, and also the age of the child is so young as to whether or not you can even find a child that young culpable.”
Duque. Charges: Child endangerment, negligent storage of a firearm, and illegal firearm possession as convicted violent criminal.
McGee. Charges: Child endangerment and negligent storage of a firearm.