Jackson Jack Samuel Lambert was 16 and a junior at Cullman High School when he died at his home in the Fox Meadow subdivision of Cullman, Alabama, on the evening of Monday, October 23, 2017. A call to the Cullman Police Department around 8:27 p.m. reported a possible accidental gunshot. Officers found Jackson with a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Investigators learned he had been on a social media call with a friend who witnessed the shooting. The Cullman Police Department and the Cullman County Coroner’s office concluded the handgun discharged while Jackson was handling it and that he may have believed it was not loaded, describing the death as a horrible accident. No arrests were made and no suspects were named. Additional counselors were brought in to support Cullman High School students and staff.

If anyone knew Jackson, his routines, or has information about what happened that evening, please share what you remember.