Cordell Frazier Lee Williams was 13 when he was fatally shot inside an apartment on Chesapeake Street SE in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on the evening of January 29, 2023. Cordell, known as Baby Corn, was with a group of other young people when a firearm being handled among them discharged and struck him in the head. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that night.

A seventh grader at Kramer Middle School, Cordell loved math and hoped to play professional football. His family described him as lovable, outgoing, protective of his loved ones and entrepreneurial, sometimes selling bottled water or pumping gas to buy clothes. He died just weeks before his 14th birthday.

Investigators consulted the D.C. Office of the Attorney General and decided no criminal charges would be filed against the youth believed to have pulled the trigger; authorities described the incident as a tragic accident. The weapon was not recovered and police appealed to the public for information. If anyone knew about the gun or the circumstances in that apartment that night, can you help with information?