Menahga Teen Dies of Gunshot Wound

A 17-year-old teenage boy was killed on Friday in rural Menahga by a gunshot wound.

At about 9:30 PM, the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a juvenile who had suffered a gunshot wound. When emergency personnel arrived at the scene, he was pronounced dead. The teenager has been identified as Michael Robert Erickson of Menahga.

This case is currently under investigation.