On the evening of December 5, 2025, 11-year-old Amya Frazier was shot while visiting her cousin’s home on South Wheatland Avenue in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. She had been allowed to visit that particular house only once before and had gone over to play Call of Duty with family members. About ten to eleven children were in the residence when an unsecured handgun left on top of a mini-fridge was found by a 14-year-old cousin.

Prosecutors say the teenager handled the gun, cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger once (a click), then cocked and pulled it a second time, firing a round that struck Amya. First responders took her to Nationwide Children’s Hospital around 6:30 p.m.; she died of her injuries on December 8, 2025. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound.

Investigators charged the 14-year-old in juvenile court with a delinquency count of reckless homicide; his identity was not released. Police later arrested 33-year-old Matthew Seymour, who admitted he had removed the firearm earlier that day to check for a prowler and failed to return it to its lockbox. A grand jury indicted him on involuntary manslaughter and endangering children. Did anyone know Amya or have information about safety practices around unsecured firearms in that neighborhood?