On the late afternoon of September 18, 2020, 20-year-old Jermaine Sampson was shot at a residence on North 7th Street in Baton Rouge. Sampson and a friend, 19-year-old Brandon Spratley, had just returned from a shooting range. While Spratley attempted to unload his handgun, the weapon accidentally discharged and struck Sampson.

Emergency services were called about 6:40 p.m. and Sampson was taken to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries. At the time he was expecting his first child with his girlfriend, had graduated from McKinley High School, and worked at New York Bagel. Baton Rouge Police detectives investigated and arrested Spratley; he was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a negligent homicide charge.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember that evening or who can add details about what happened at the North 7th Street residence?