Story highlights The boy's brother ran to the street for help, a neighbor says

The father has been with the department since 1993

(CNN) The 2-year-old son of a Cleveland police officer fatally shot himself with his father's service weapon Friday morning, police said.

Officers responded to Officer Jose Pedro's home at about 10:30 a.m. and took his son to MetroHealth Medical Center, where the boy was pronounced dead.

The toddler's older brother had run into the street, pleading for help, a neighbor told CNN affiliate WJW.

"(He) was saying 'somebody call the police ... my brother shot himself,'" Sonya Hobbs said. "When I went in there, I saw that baby -- he was only 2 years old -- laying on the floor."

Both police and the county medical examiner's office have declined to release the boy's name.

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