On the evening of May 9, 2022, 16-year-old Kymelo Early was fatally shot in the face in a parking lot at Friends Food Mart on Houston Avenue in Macon, Georgia. He was with a group of males when a single gunshot struck him; he was taken to Atrium Health Navicent and pronounced dead shortly before 9 p.m.

Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the shot came from a firearm that discharged while 21-year-old Ja’Kobe Archie was reportedly playing with it in the driver’s seat of his car. Archie, described in reports as a childhood friend of Kymelo’s, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter. Both families were described as devastated by the loss.

Are there readers who knew Kymelo or saw anything at the Friends Food Mart parking lot that evening who can share information?