The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses saw Turner pointing a large, lit firework away from himself before it went off, shooting through the bottom of the tube and hitting the boy in the chest. He fell to the ground clutching his chest, and bystanders began chest compressions.

NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – A 13-year-old boy died after a fireworks accident on the 4th of July. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 11 p.m., deputies responded to a distress call at a home in Naytahwaush. Witnesses say Michael Turner was holding a large firework and pointing it away from himself while it was lit.

A 13-year-old Naytahwaush, Minn., boy was pronounced dead after a lit firework he was holding went off and struck him in the chest, according to a Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office press release.