In re the Welfare of K.M.

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

K.M., a juvenile, appeals from the district court’s certification of him as an adult for various alleged criminal acts, arguing the district court erred in its decision that the public safety would not be served by retention of K.M. in the juvenile system. We affirm.

FACTS

K.M. is a 17-year-old juvenile male currently being held at the juvenile facility in Red Wing pending this appeal. At midnight on February 13, 1995, K.M. and an adult friend, Aaron Padgett, drove to the apartment of Jordan Jefferson. When they arrived, K.M. took a sawed-off shotgun, stepped out of the…