Late on May 29, 2017, 21-year-old Johnathan Corbitt was fatally shot at a home in the Leesville area of Lexington County, South Carolina. Corbitt, a Lexington resident, died of a single gunshot wound to his upper body.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during a domestic incident and involved a family member. Authorities arrested 62-year-old Steven Lee Atwell of Batesburg-Leesville, identified as Corbitt’s father-in-law. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported Atwell was handling a .44 Magnum when a bullet left in the cylinder discharged, striking Corbitt. Atwell was charged with involuntary manslaughter and held at the county detention center on $55,000 bond.

What details about that evening or this family’s situation might help explain how a loaded handgun was being handled inside the home?