Connor Mickens was 3 years old when he was shot during a violent confrontation at his Jacksonville home on October 19, 2017. The shooting happened after Brian Littles, then 23, reportedly entered the residence uninvited through an unlocked window and confronted Connor’s mother, Rashaela Mickens, and her new boyfriend with a revolver. Connor was struck in the head and died two days later.

Brian Littles turned himself in to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on October 20, 2017. He was initially arrested on a gun charge tied to a juvenile warrant, then charged with second-degree felony murder, two counts of attempted murder, and armed burglary; the attempted murder counts were later dropped as part of a plea agreement. In September 2018 Littles pleaded guilty to second-degree felony murder, armed burglary, and possession of a firearm by a delinquent, and on October 16, 2018 Circuit Judge Steven Whittington sentenced him to 35 years in prison, with the sentences to run concurrently.

The case record notes that Littles and Rashaela Mickens had been in a three-year relationship that had ended and that they exchanged increasingly hostile text messages on the day of the incident. Who has information about the events at the home that night or about Connor’s life?