Taylor Abner was a 19-year-old from Conroe, Texas, who died on October 30, 2019, after an accidental shooting at the White Oak Apartments in Conroe. Known as Tay Tay, he was born March 29, 2000, to Yulanda Linette Abner and Darrell Bubba Jacques and remembered by family for his love of video games and his Christian faith.

Conroe Police say Taylor and several others, including 23-year-old Deondre Deray Johnson, were smoking marijuana and handling an AK-47 that they did not know was loaded. Taylor was shot in the abdomen; responders performed CPR but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson was charged with second-degree felony manslaughter, later pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to five years in prison on June 2, 2022. Reports say the court determined the shooting was accidental.

What details about that night or the people involved might help clarify how a loaded weapon came to be handled in that setting?