MN Students on Field Trip Find Man's Body

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Some middle-school students from Bloomington made a disturbing discovery while on a field trip to Eden Prairie — they found a man's body.

KSTP-TV (http://bit.ly/w5WuR6) reports students from Oak Grove Middle School were walking around the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area on Thursday morning. A group of about 30 found the body on a trail in a wooded area.

Eden Prairie police say it was a man who apparently had shot himself. A weapon was found near the body.

The teacher canceled the rest of the field trip and took the students back to school where grief counselors were available.

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Information from: KSTP-TV, http://www.kstp.com

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