Police are investigating the circumstances of a 14-year-old shot in St. Paul, whose family has posted he was shot in the head and is not expected to survive.

Officers responded to a 911 call about 9:30 p.m. Friday, during which a caller reported a juvenile shot himself in a Dayton’s Bluff residence, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a St. Paul police spokesman.

Police gave the boy first aid in the 300 block of Bates Avenue and called for St. Paul Fire Department medics. Medics took the boy to the hospital and he’s been on life support.

An organizer of a GoFundMe posted Sunday that the teen has no brain activity, “and his loving momma and family have made the incredibly selfless decision to donate his organs, giving the gift of life to others.”

It was initially a medical fundraiser and now will be for funeral costs.

Police are looking into how the shooting happened and where the gun came from. They’ve interviewed friends of the teen who were at the residence of the time of the shooting, Vixayvong said.

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