Fifteen-year-old Izaiah Franceschi of Des Plaines, Illinois, died after being accidentally shot in the face on May 20, 2017. The shooting happened at the family home on the 2100 block of David Drive; police were called shortly before 11 a.m. and Izaiah was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died there on Monday afternoon, the Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed.

Izaiah was a student at Maine West High School and remembered by peers as vibrant, athletic, and charismatic. Des Plaines police described the shooting as a tragic accident but have not released details about the gun’s ownership or how the 10-year-old sibling came into possession of it. The investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in the Des Plaines area know Izaiah or have information about the circumstances at the home that morning?