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Kenneith Lampkin, 16, was fatally shot at his home on Zara Street in the Knoxville neighborhood of Pittsburgh on a Saturday in March 2014. He was found unresponsive in a second-floor bathroom and taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital, where he died on Monday, March 24, 2014. Lampkin attended Urban Pathways Charter School and was described there as well-liked by peers and devoted to family and friends; he had previously lost an older brother to gun violence and had promised his mother she would not have to bury another child.

On the evening of the shooting Lampkin was with his best friend, 17-year-old Joseph Robinson. Police say the teens had been reportedly playing army when a single gunshot struck Lampkin in the head. Responding officers found evidence that two weapons had been hidden after the shooting; Robinson later admitted to hiding two firearms, which were recovered near the home. He was arrested and charged as an adult with aggravated assault and other crimes; police announced plans to upgrade the charge to criminal homicide after Lampkin died.

Does anyone from the neighborhood or Urban Pathways have details about what happened that night or the events leading up to it?