Lucinda Kay Luna, known as Luci, was 19 when she died from a gunshot wound at her Arlington, Tennessee home on June 2, 2017. The shooting occurred the night before while she, her 18-year-old boyfriend Brennan Fields, and others including a toddler were in her bedroom. Brennan had been showing a new .45 caliber pistol he had received as a graduation present — a gift reported to have come from Lucinda’s father — and the weapon discharged as he was attempting to put it away. Lucinda was taken to a nearby hospital and underwent surgery but did not survive.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office investigated and described the shooting as a tragic accident. Friends said Brennan was responsible and knowledgeable about firearms and portrayed him as distraught. Law enforcement announced they did not anticipate filing charges, calling the death a terrible mishap. Lucinda’s obituary remembered her as creative, witty, and intelligent, with a love of drawing, writing, reading, and studying languages.