Kevin Niyibizi, 16, was fatally shot inside a home in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville on the evening of March 17, 2021. Officers from the South Precinct found him deceased in a residence on the 3900 block of Rock Creek Drive from a single gunshot wound to the chest after a call about a shooting just after 5 p.m.

Investigators identified a 17-year-old peer, Eric Ishimwe, who lived at the house, as the person who fired the weapon. Ishimwe told the lead detective that he and Niyibizi had been handling and playing with a pistol Niyibizi had brought to the home, and that he pulled the trigger while the gun was pointed at Niyibizi. Ishimwe was taken into custody, booked in juvenile detention, and charged with criminal homicide.

If anyone was at the house that evening or has information about how the pistol came into the home, please share what is known with investigators.