Travon Rollins was 16 and about to start his junior year at Rickards High School when he was shot and killed near his Tallahassee home on Tess Circle on July 15, 2016. The shooting happened around 5:35 p.m. while Travon was with a group of teens who were reportedly handling a gun; neighbors and friends described the shooting as an accident. He was rushed to the hospital but died shortly after.

Investigators found the firearm had been stolen from a security guard’s vehicle and later came into the teens’ hands. Travon’s cousin, 15-year-old Cartrez Harvey, was charged with manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a delinquent; he gave conflicting accounts at first and later admitted possessing the gun when it discharged. Police said the shooting was not gang-related and there was no prior argument.

Travon is remembered by his community as fun-loving and gregarious. If anyone was with him that afternoon or has information about how the stolen gun circulated, please come forward.