Fifteen-year-old Javarri Kirk died after a firearm discharged while he and a 17-year-old friend were together in a room at the friend’s home on Dormont Drive in Huntsville, Alabama. Investigators say the friend was holding the weapon and believed it was not loaded when it fired, fatally wounding Javarri. Neighbors reported hearing Javarri’s mother crying out; officers found the distraught teen holding his friend at the scene.

The 17-year-old has been charged with manslaughter. Javarri had recently moved to Huntsville from Tennessee with his mother, Shatima Morris, and was looking forward to his 16th birthday and playing football at Jemison High School. His mother has publicly forgiven the friend and described both families as broken by the tragedy. A GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral expenses.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify how the shooting occurred?