Davontrious Henderson was a 17-year-old from Tyler, Texas, who died on July 3, 2021, after being shot in the chest. The shooting occurred during a moment when he and his cousin, 18-year-old Christopher Wansley, were reportedly playing with a revolver; Wansley later told police he did not realize the gun was loaded and that both had been smoking marijuana before the incident. Henderson was taken to a Tyler hospital but did not survive.

Wansley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. Court records state he purchased the revolver about two weeks before the shooting, admitted the shooting was accidental, and later pleaded guilty; he was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication probation. The death deeply affected Henderson’s family and the local community.

Are there readers who knew Davontrious or have information about that day that could shed more light on what happened?