On September 10, 2022, 19-year-old Austin Scott-Lee Gordon was shot and killed during a birthday gathering at a residence on Glen Oaks Drive in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office investigated after first responders discovered Gordon deceased from a gunshot wound in the early morning hours. Austin had recently graduated from Green Hill High School and was remembered by family and friends for music, cooking, gaming, fishing, playing the drums, his laugh and dancing, and a love of the Tennessee Titans and hot chicken.

The subsequent criminal case focused on a friend who had been at the party. Witnesses described the defendant as intoxicated and handling a handgun recklessly, pointing it at several teenagers before Gordon was struck. The jury heard testimony from first responders, a neighbor, Gordon’s mother, and six teens who were present, and convicted the defendant of reckless homicide, reckless aggravated assault resulting in death, three counts of reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, and underage consumption of alcohol.

Did anyone who knew Austin or was at the party notice concerning behavior earlier that night that could help clarify what happened?