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Buffalo High School Boy

As many have heard on TV or in the papers a young boy, 14yrs old, from Buffalo was killed over the weekend. Brandon Lanie was hunting with a group of friends when another member in his group shot at him. One bullet to his head. Brandon was walking in wooded marsh areas when the hunter mistakenly took him for an animal/deer. Brandon was wearing blaze orange as required by Minnesota law. How could somthing like thishappen? How can you mistake a human in orange for a brown deer? The man who shot and killed Brandon M. Lanie has been arrested under Minnesota law. "609.205 Manslaughter in the second degree. A person who causes the death of another by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both: (1) by the person's culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another; or (2) by shooting another with a firearm or other dangerous weapon as a result of negligently believing the other to be a deer or other animal; or (3) by setting a spring gun, pit fall, deadfall, snare, or other like dangerous weapon or device; or (4) by negligently or intentionally permitting any animal, known by the person to have vicious propensities or to have caused great or substantial bodily harm in the past, to run uncontrolled off the owner's premises, or negligently failing to keep it properly confined; or (5) by committing or attempting to commit a violation of section 609.378 (neglect or endangerment of a child), and murder in the first, second, or third degree is not committed thereby. If proven by a preponderance of the evidence, it shall be an affirmative defense to criminal liability under clause (4) that the victim provoked the animal to cause the victim's death." Brandon was a freshman at Buffalo High School where his locker was reportedly draped with roses this past afternoon. Please watch the video on kare11.com for more information and visit wcco.com for additional information as well.

A memorial fund has been set up at Klein Bank in Buffalo. To contribute:Klein Bank910 Commercial DriveBuffalo, MN 55313(763) 682-5390 "A funeral for Lanie is scheduled at St. John's Lutheran Church in Buffalo on Friday morning at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests be made to memorial fund in Lanie's name they plan to open at Buffalo's KleinBank. The money will be used for future scholarships. "

posted by Anonymous @ 11/20/2006 10:04:00 PM