Titania Mitchell was 13 when she died on April 13, 2013, at her godmother’s home on Jacksonville’s Northside. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, an 11-year-old friend found a loaded .22-caliber handgun hidden in a closet and, while playing with it, accidentally shot Titania in the forehead. The wound was fatal and she died at the scene.

The handgun belonged to 39-year-old Eric Pearlman. Pearlman and Titania’s godmother, 28-year-old Trashonda Richardson, were charged with felony negligence for failing to properly secure the firearm; both were arrested and released on $50,000 bond. Titania was the oldest of five children who were present in the house at the time.

LaVilla School of the Arts, where Titania was a dance student, made grief counselors available and postponed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test to allow students and staff time to mourn. Does anyone have information about the events that led up to that day or knew Titania and her family?