On the evening of Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 30-year-old Westley Faulks was shot while visiting a friend at Hidden Lake Apartments in Macon, Georgia. Faulks and 28-year-old Devin Pleas were showing each other newly acquired handguns when Pleas handled his firearm and it discharged. A single bullet struck Faulks in the eye. Faulks was taken to the Medical Center, Navicent Health, and was pronounced dead in the early hours of Thursday, July 2, 2020.

Devin Pleas was initially arrested by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of reckless conduct and bonded out the night of the incident. After Faulks died, authorities upgraded the charge; Pleas was arrested again and booked on a felony involuntary manslaughter charge and held without bond. The matter moved into the judicial system for prosecution.

Are there details about the events inside the apartment or witness statements that anyone can share to clarify how the fatal discharge occurred?