Mikhail Jawan Ellis was 18 when he was fatally shot on June 24, 2018, at a home in the 1500 block of East Calhoun in Temple, Texas. A Temple High School student who worked at Pace Painting, Mikhail was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hospital after being shot in the abdomen and later died. He was born July 20, 1999, to Pamela White and Michael Ellis and is survived by his parents and several siblings.

Police investigated the shooting and a 19-year-old, Elijah Williams, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. An arrest affidavit says Williams confessed to playing with a handgun in the kitchen, pulling the trigger and manipulating the slide when the gun discharged and struck Mikhail. The indictment by a Bell County grand jury charged Williams with manslaughter.

Anyone with information about that night or who knew Mikhail is asked to come forward.