Ronnie James R.J. Daniels was an 18-year-old high school senior who died after being shot at a home in the 2400 block of South Pennsylvania Avenue in Joplin, Missouri, on the evening of March 2, 2017. Emergency responders found him with a gunshot wound shortly after 9:30 p.m.; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Early investigators reported Daniels was a guest at the residence and that an adult resident discharged the firearm.

Daniels’ family and community remembered him for his involvement in church youth programs and his plans to graduate. He had registered as an organ donor, and his corneas, heart valves, and other tissues reportedly helped more than twenty people.

If anyone knew Ronnie, was at that home, or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known.