Kameron Thompson was 15 and a student at Silver Creek High School when he died from a gunshot wound on January 6, 2019. Kameron, a football player described as sociable, funny and positive, was at a home on Thistlewood Court with two other teenage boys when they were recording themselves and using two handguns belonging to the grandfather of one of the boys as props. The grandfather, who had dementia, kept the firearms in the house.

He was taken to hospital and later died. San Jose police initially treated the shooting as accidental; the 14-year-old was cited for negligent discharge of a firearm and released to his parents. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner later ruled the death a homicide as a death at the hands of another, but no further criminal charges were filed and the minor’s name was not released.

A fundraiser and a vigil at Kameron’s school followed as the community mourned. Does anyone have information about the circumstances in that house or about unsecured firearms in homes with vulnerable adults?