Ikeim Boswell was 16 when he died after an accidental shooting on March 14, 2015, in Tampa’s Sulphur Springs neighborhood. He and three other boys were in a backyard shed examining a .380-caliber pistol that one of the boys had taken from his uncle. Believing the gun was unloaded, they passed it around and were mimicking movie scenes when the firearm discharged and a bullet struck Ikeim in the neck. He was taken to Tampa General Hospital and died that night.

Authorities classified the incident as an accidental shooting; no immediate arrests or charges were filed and the boys were not charged, with investigators concluding there was no intent to harm. The case drew attention to gun-related injuries and fatalities among children in Florida and to questions about secure firearm storage and youth gun-safety education.

Did anyone in Sulphur Springs or Tampa know Ikeim or have information about how the pistol came to be accessible that night?