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Seven-year-old Keyaris Samuels died on May 16, 2018, in Plymouth from a gunshot wound to the head after a loaded handgun was found inside a hoverboard box in the home. Keyaris, a first-grade student in the Wayzata district, had been at home with three other children and no adults; the children were playing after school when he discovered the box, the gun discharged, and other children found him after hearing the shot.

Investigators located a half-full box of ammunition of the same caliber in a diaper bag. Keyaris’s mother told police she did not keep a gun in the house and said a male friend who had visited earlier that day might have left the weapon. That friend was later arrested on a parole violation; a warrant was issued to collect his DNA and DNA was also taken from the boy’s mother and his 11-year-old brother. After about a year of interviews, DNA testing and cellphone examinations, prosecutors announced there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone and the case was declared inactive. Authorities say they will reopen the investigation if new information emerges.

Does anyone have information about who brought a handgun into that home on May 16, 2018?