Six-year-old Eugene Ryder Stamey died of a gunshot wound to the chest on Monday, November 5, 2018, in Hephzibah, Georgia. Described as fun-loving and fond of music and dancing, he was found with a life-threatening injury inside a home and was transported to a nearby hospital where he died.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting was a deliberate act. Authorities identified 32-year-old Benjamin Goodson, the mother’s boyfriend, and allege he pointed a shotgun at the child and pulled the trigger twice; the second pull fired the fatal shot. Goodson’s family has said the shooting was an accident while he was playing a zombie game with the children, but police charged him with murder and cruelty to a child.

Anyone who knew Eugene, his routines, or who was in the area that day is asked to share information that could help clarify what happened.