Sir Winston L. McCullough Jr., 17, was shot in a home on the 400 block of Hummel Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the early morning of November 1, 2014. Police were called shortly after 2:30 a.m.; McCullough was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, taken to Harrisburg Hospital and pronounced dead.

He was a Job Corps student who enjoyed basketball, football, music and drawing, and was remembered as a chilled, humble and respectful young man. He was in the house with several people, including his younger sisters, when the fatal shot was fired. Authorities say the investigation quickly identified a suspect: 19-year-old Jabre Versance Creamer, a friend of McCullough’s, who confessed at the police station and was charged with criminal homicide and tampering with evidence.

Creamer told police the shooting was accidental; he was bound over for trial and held in Dauphin County Prison without bail awaiting arraignment.