On May 18, 2014, 6-year-old Jennilynn Montana of San Antonio was shot in the head at her home on the East Side and died about half an hour later at University Hospital. Her mother, Jennifer DonJuan, was in the front of the house when she heard a gunshot from the back, ran to find Jennilynn injured, and later acknowledged she had been asked by a man she knew to hold his gun in the house.

San Antonio police initially investigated the death as an accidental shooting. Police reports say Jennilynn either accidentally shot herself or was accidentally shot by her sister, then 8. The firearm belonged to a man known to the mother, who usually left the gun in the alley but had it inside that day. Jennilynn’s father told media he heard an intruder earlier and saw the man arrive in a red station wagon; the mother at first said no one in the household possessed a gun. Texas Child Protective Services opened a separate investigation and police continued to examine weapon ownership.

No arrests were made and the matter was not pursued as a criminal investigation. If anyone knew Jennilynn, her family, or saw the red station wagon that day, please share what can help clarify what happened.