Further Details Released in Connection with 13 Year Old's Death 
 
 On January 25, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Eagan Police Officers responded to 1794 Silver Bell Circle after a fifteen year old male from inside the residence called to report his thirteen year old brother Suhayb Hassan, was unresponsive and bleeding. The caller initially reported to dispatchers his brother had been running with a knife inside the residence and had fallen where he accidentally stabbed himself. Police officers, firefighters, and HealthEast Paramedics arrived and attempted life saving measures, but unfortunately the victim, Suhayb Hassan, was pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 Once police arrived at the scene, the fifteen year old told responding officers he lied to dispatchers, and admitted he accidently shot his brother. 
 
 Through further questioning, investigators learned the boys recently discovered their father owned a handgun and stored it within the residence. While home alone with their eleven year old sister, the boys found the hidden 9 mm pistol which was unloaded. In close proximity was a magazine containing cartridges for the firearm. 
 
 At some point, the firearm was loaded then thought to be unloaded 
 
 by one of the boys where they then began to chase each other while playing “cops and robbers”. 
 
 The fifteen year old pressed the trigger and unintentionally fired the weapon towards his brother. Only one round was fired, which struck Suhayb in the chest. The eleven year old was uninjured and did not witness the incident. 
 
 No one is in custody at this time and we do not anticipate any future arrests. Nonetheless, the case continues to be investigated with the assistance of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. Although this appears to be a horrible accident, upon completion of this investigation, the facts we gather will be presented to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office for review. 
 
 There is no further information available at this time. ||||| The site of the accidental shooting death of a 13-year-old boy in Eagan on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Nick Ferraro) 
 
 Suhayb Jamal Hassan (Photo Courtesy of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district) 
 
 The 13-year-old Eagan boy who died Sunday morning was accidentally shot in the chest by his older brother with their father's handgun during a game of "cops and robbers," police said Monday. 
 
 The victim's 15-year-old brother initially told emergency dispatchers about 11:30 a.m. that his brother -- identified Monday as Suhayb Jamal Hassan -- was running with a knife inside their home, fell and accidentally stabbed himself, said police detective Desiree Schroepfer, a department spokeswoman. 
 
 The 15-year-old reported that his brother was unresponsive and bleeding from a wound. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 Police initially described the incident as "suspicious," and after questioning, the 15-year-old admitted to investigators that he had accidentally shot his brother, Schroepfer said. 
 
 The victim was an eighth-grader at Blackhawk Middle School in Eagan, Schroepfer said. 
 
 School district officials said the school notified students of Suhayb's death Monday morning and provided additional counselors. 
 
 "Many of them knew what had happened by the time they arrived at school this morning," said Tony Taschner, spokesman for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district. 
 
 Police have not released the name of the 15-year-old boy. Schroepfer said the investigation was continuing. 
 
 Investigators said the boys recently had learned that their father owned a handgun and kept it in the home in the 1700 block of Silver Bell Circle. 
 
 While home alone with their 11-year-old sister, the boys found the hidden 9mm pistol. 
 
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 The handgun was unloaded, but a loaded magazine was nearby. 
 
 At some point, the gun was loaded, then thought to be unloaded. The boys were chasing each other while playing "cops and robbers," Schroepfer said. 
 
 The 15-year-old pulled the trigger and unintentionally fired one round toward his brother, Schroepfer said. His brother was struck in the chest. 
 
 The sister was uninjured and did not witness the shooting, police said. 
 
 Police said the shooting appeared to be a "horrible accident." Schroepfer said no arrests were expected. 
 
 However, police said the results of their investigation will be turned over to the Dakota County attorney's office. 
 
 On Monday afternoon, no one answered the door at the family's home, a split-level house in a cul-de-sac. 
 
 A neighbor said she often saw the two boys walking to school in the morning. The parents also have a second daughter, the neighbor said. 
 
 "I think they have rented the home for about two years," said the neighbor, who asked not to be identified. "It's so sad. You hear about this happening a lot ... kids playing with guns." 
 
 Christopher Magan contributed to this report. Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173. Follow him at twitter.com. NFerraroPiPress. 
 
 
 
 
 

– Two brothers playing with their dad's handgun ended with the younger accidentally dead at the hands of the older in a game of "cops and robbers" gone horrifically wrong. As the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports, 13-year-old Suhayb Jamal Hassan, his 15-year-old brother, and an 11-year-old sister were at their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan on Sunday morning when the boys found their dad's unloaded 9mm pistol, with ammunition nearby. "They began to play with the gun and sometime during the incident the gun was loaded and then believed to have been unloaded by one of the boys," an Eagan detective says, per KARE. The 15-year-old boy pretended to shoot Suhayb, but the gun was loaded and went off, striking Suhayb in the chest. The older boy called 911, telling them at first that Suhayb had accidentally fallen on a knife; he later admitted that he'd accidentally shot Suhayb. Emergency responders pronounced the boy dead at the scene. "We do not anticipate any future arrests," says the city of Eagan in a statement. It adds that while an investigation is being conducted, the case "appears to be a horrible accident." "It's so sad," says a neighbor. "You hear about this happening a lot ... kids playing with guns."