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. ||||| 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 father of a 3-year-old boy who was accidentally shot and killed on Chicago's West Side by his older brother told police he got the gun for protection.Michael Santiago, 25, was charged with felony child endangerment causing death and bond was set at $75,000 at his first court appearance Sunday. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 23.Emotional relatives had nothing to say as they were escorted from court by anti-gun violence advocate Andrew Holmes."The family is totally upset about the whole incident and at the same time they're trying to raise the money to get this young man out," Holmes said.Eian H. Santiago, 3, and his 6-year-old brother were playing "cops and robbers" around 9:05 p.m. Saturday in their home in the 1000-block of North Francisco Avenue in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood. The children's grandfather was watching them while Santiago was at work and his wife went to the store with the couple's infant daughter to get some milk.It was after Israel LaSalle says he asked the boys to go downstairs to get some bleach so he could clean up after the dog that he heard a single shot ring out."I heard a pop, you know, like somebody had shot, so I opened the door and I look out and he was running up the stairs and he told me somebody shot his brother," LaSalle said.Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the older boy found a loaded revolver on top of a refrigerator and accidentally shot his younger brother LaSalle says ran with Eian in his arms to a nearby hospital. He was then rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was unaware that Santiago kept a loaded gun in the house."You know how kids are, they get into everything," he said. "There is not a safe place where you can put a gun where a kid can't reach it or find it."Investigators say Santiago, a former gang member, says he got the gun for protection after testifying against another gang member during a murder trial. Prosecutors say Santiago doesn't have a valid firearm owners identification card or a valid conceal carry permit for the loaded weapon, which they say he had left wrapped in a pair of pajama pants on top of the refrigerator and had shown to his older son last week."I don't think that he should be charged for his own child's death. He didn't kill his child, it was an accident," a neighbor said. "I don't want to blame him, but in reality there is negligence, negligence in the sense he was not being careful. Take the gun, hide it somewhere where the child would not find it."LaSalle doesn't want to blame Santiago either, nor does he think he should be charged with a crime, but he does say a loaded gun should have never been within his grandchildren's reach."It's just stupidity to keep something dangerous in the house, when your family could get hurt," LaSalle said.Family and friends say Santiago is a hard-working man who is trying to keep his life on track, though they struggle to cope with the tragedy.
– 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."