On the evening of Friday, February 26, 2021, a gathering at a home in Woodward Township, Pennsylvania, ended with 21-year-old Jakob Lee Haines shot in the chest. Haines, who lived in Beech Creek, was at the residence of 19-year-old Brian St. John III when St. John removed a Taurus Judge revolver from a kitchen drawer, pointed it at Haines, and fired a single shot.

Emergency services responded but Haines was pronounced dead at the scene. The Clinton County Coroner listed the cause of death as a close-contact gunshot wound to the chest and ruled the manner of death a homicide. St. John was taken into custody and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person; he told police they were messing around with the gun when it went off and was held without bail.

Does anyone have information about the gathering that night or the firearm involved?