Dennis Burden was 21 when he was shot and killed on April 24, 2017, inside an apartment in the 4800 block of Alamance Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Police say Burden and a group of friends were playing with a loaded gun around 6 p.m. when the weapon discharged, fatally wounding him.

The investigation identified 19-year-old Shyheim White as the person who fired the gun; he was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and booked into the Cumberland County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond. Burden’s father, Dennis Edward, said he found his son shot in the apartment and intends to warn local teens about the dangers of firearms. Neighbors reported hearing an argument and a loud bang before the shooting, but the official finding was that the death was accidental.

If anyone knew Dennis, was present that evening, or has information about what happened at the apartment, please share what is known.