Heaven Miller, a two-year-old Black girl, was killed by a gunshot to her upper body at her family’s Columbia, South Carolina, townhome on the evening of September 1, 2016. She was taken to Palmetto Health Richland and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A four-year-old sister was also wounded and required surgery; the father, 30-year-old Dominique Miller, suffered a graze wound to his hand.

Authorities described the shooting as an accidental discharge while Dominique Miller was attempting to unload or make his handgun safe on the family’s porch; he told deputies the gun misfired as he was cleaning it. After a Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigation, Miller was charged with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful conduct toward a child, with officials saying the charges arose from negligent and reckless behavior.

Heaven’s death came just before her mother went into labor with another child. Does anyone have information about the family or the circumstances that could help clarify what happened that night?