Malachi Hemphill was a 13-year-old seventh grader at Babb Middle School who died after a firearm discharged while he was streaming live on Instagram in his Forest Park, Georgia, bedroom in April 2017. His mother and sister heard the gunshot, forced open the door, and found him bleeding; his phone continued streaming the immediate aftermath. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Police investigators treated the shooting as an incident involving a gun furnished to Malachi by another juvenile. That juvenile, whose name has not been released because of age, was arrested and charged in connection with providing the firearm. Family members described the death as a tragic accident and not suicide. A crowd of 40 to 50 friends who had been watching the live stream gathered at the house after the shooting.

What details about how the firearm came into the other juvenile’s possession, or about the legal case that followed, might help clarify responsibility in this tragic case?