Ray Adam Mangiafico was 21 when he died on April 7, 2014, in Jacksonville, Florida. A former Jacksonville University football player and long-time Baker County resident, Mangiafico was handling his 9mm handgun in his apartment that night when it discharged and struck him in the stomach. He banged on a neighbor’s door asking them to call 911 but later died at UF Health Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigated and concluded the shooting was accidental. Police reported he had been cleaning the gun at his desk and leaned back in his chair, causing it to fire; officers found the handgun on the living room floor and reported no signs of foul play. His parents said he owned the weapon for work as a security guard and had shown them its safety features.