On January 25, 2015, 13-year-old Suhayb Hassan died in Eagan, Minnesota, after being fatally shot while two brothers were playing a game of cops and robbers with their father’s handgun. The boys were home alone with their 11-year-old sister when they found the 9mm pistol; the gun was initially unloaded but a loaded magazine was nearby. At some point the weapon was loaded and later believed to be unloaded when the 15-year-old brother unintentionally fired a round that struck Suhayb in the chest.

The older brother first told dispatchers that Suhayb had fallen and stabbed himself while running with a knife, then later told police he had accidentally shot his brother. Police described the event as a horrible accident and said no arrests were expected; the investigation was to be sent to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office for review. Suhayb was an eighth-grader at Blackhawk Middle School; the school informed students of his death and provided counselors.

Are there details about the home storage of the firearm or the timeline that someone who knew the family or was in the neighborhood that day can help clarify?