Brooklyn Park police announce 2 arrests made during investigation of 17-year-old’s death

Thursday, Brooklyn Park police provided an update regarding the investigation into a shooting that killed a 17-year-old in Brooklyn Park last month.

As previously reported, Brooklyn Park police were called about a possible shooting victim in a vehicle on Interstate 94 at 53rd Avenue North. Officers responded and found two 17-year-old boys suffering from gunshot wounds just before 8:40 p.m. on Nov. 18.

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Police said the boys were taken to a hospital where one was treated for an injury not considered to be life-threatening. However, the other boy — later identified as Syoka Ehambi Siko — died. A third 17-year-old was also arrested in connection to the shooting.

During Thursday’s update, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley announced two 17-year-olds were arrested Wednesday for aiding and abetting murder. Officers also searched a home and found evidence that they had obtained the guns used during the shooting as ghost guns through the internet.

Another juvenile who police say was inside the vehicle isn’t in custody, and investigators are hoping to talk to that person.

According to Bruley, the occupants inside the vehicle had two guns, and that one of the passengers fired his gun from inside to outside of the vehicle. That exchange resulted in Siko’s death, and another person being injured.

Siko’s mother also spoke during Thursday’s news conference and asked that whoever may have information about the shooting to come forward and help police in order to get justice for her son.

Chief Bruley stated at the end of Thursday’s briefing that “gun violence has to stop – in Brooklyn Park, in this region, and certainly across the nation.” He also asked legislators to pay attention to instances like these.

Detectives are still working with the County Attorney’s Office to determine what formal charges may be filed.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Thursday’s full news conference can be viewed in the video player above.