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   BURNSVILLE, Minn. — A Burnsville family is dealing with unspeakable tragedy   
   after the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old boy.   
      
   Cherish Edwards says her son, Amir Harden, was shot last week trying to   
   protect her from his violent father. Harden died over the weekend.   
      
   New court documents show within 24 hours of the shooting, Harden's father was   
   booked on domestic assault charges and released on bond.   
      
   Edwards says Harden's father was trying to shoot her but he accidentally shot   
   his son instead.   
      
   "[Harden] wanted to protect his mommy," Edwards said. "It's just unimaginable,   
   an 8-year-old trying to wrestle the gun out of a grown man's hand. It's   
   unbearable pain."   
      
   Edwards says she told Harden to run outside, but he wouldn't leave her.   
      
   "He tried to kill me. And he aimed for me, somehow missed, and my child got   
   the bullet instead," she said.   
      
   After the shooting, she says Harden's father turned the gun on himself while   
   her four other children watching. He's in the hospital in critical condition.   
   Burnsville police are investigating what happened, and a city spokesperson   
   said Wednesday that    
   criminal charges will be considered if Harden's father lives.   
      
   "We're finally free of him, but my child paid the ultimate sacrifice," she   
   said. "My children, all of them, I feel so bad for them. They are traumatized.   
   It's going to take years, if it ever goes away."   
      
   Edwards remembers her son as a bright light, a goofball and a gifted athlete.   
      
   "Very happy little boy," she said. "He was courageous. He was a leader, a   
   protector of his siblings. He was my biggest cheerleader. Every day I go to   
   work, he'd say, 'Have a good day, Mommy. I love you.'"   
      
   Edwards says Harden's father had a history of violence leading up to this   
   incident, and she has a word of warning to other women in abusive   
   relationships.   
      
   "It doesn't matter if he hit you 10 years ago, he's got to leave," she said.   
   "Next time that'd be your life or your child's life. I think a lot of women   
   think it'll never be them."   
      
   Harden's death leads to questions about Minnesota's new "red flag" law   
   A new police report notes Harden's father "has a permit to carry a firearm...   
   and almost always carries a firearm on his person." The report also says his   
   "arrest is necessary to prevent imminent harm."   
      
   WCCO spoke on Thursday with Meggie Royer, prevention program manager for   
   Violence Free Minnesota.   
      
   "Sometimes the person who is using harm feels like they're losing power and   
   control over the victim-survivor, so they might escalate that violence to kind   
   of try to regain that control," Royer said. "And unfortunately, in this   
   situation, I think that may    
   have been what happened because the mom had attempted to leave the   
   relationship."   
      
   Minnesota has a new "red flag" law to allow the removal of guns in these kinds   
   of circumstances, but it's unclear if it was considered in this case.   
      
   "We really want to recommend that the legal system is really assessing these   
   cases on an individual basis in terms of a potential threat to the victim's   
   safety," Royer said. "So really, just kind of questions about what kind of   
   assessment was involved in    
   that case."   
      
   WCCO reached out to the city of Burnsville about the police report on Thursday   
   and received the following statement the next day: "Since the investigation   
   continues to be ongoing we do not have additional information to share at this   
   time."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/boy-dies-days-after-burnsville-shooting/   
      
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