4 found dead in Grand Meadow fire ruled a murder-suicide, sheriff says

Photo / CBS News Minnesota GRAND MEADOW, Minn. (KFGO/CBS Minnesota) – The Mower County Sheriff’s Office says the deaths of three boys and a man found after a fire Sunday morning in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, has been ruled a murder-suicide. The boys have been identified as Oliver Christenson, 14, Felix Christenson, 14, and Calvin Christenson, 7, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office has also identified the man as Levi Christenson, 38. According to the sheriff’s office, Levi Christenson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials also say the three boys died from gunshot wounds. The sheriff’s office is still investigating and says further forensic analysis is pending. An online fundraiser has been launched to support the mother of the three boys. The page’s organizer wrote that “there are simply no words that could ever begin to describe the pain she is facing,” adding that the boys “were her pride and joy, her happiness, and the center of her universe.”