Timothy Hughin Demeritt was 22 when he was killed in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, in April 2017. Demeritt, a student at Berks Technical Institute from Mohnton, Pennsylvania, was at a friend’s house playing video games when an argument elsewhere in the home led another attendee to intervene.

Nineteen-year-old Alexander Murray of East Earl grabbed a handgun that belonged to Demeritt. Believing the safety was on, Murray pointed the weapon at Demeritt’s head and pulled the trigger; the gun was not on safe and discharged. Demeritt was taken to Reading Hospital & Medical Center, where he died of a single gunshot wound.

Murray was charged with third-degree murder, later pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by Judge Merrill Spahn Jr. to 7½ to 15 years in prison. The judge also ordered Murray to pay funeral expenses and restitution for damage to the home; Murray apologized to Demeritt’s family during the proceedings.

Did anyone who knew Timothy or was at that gathering see events unfold that day?