On April 16, 2023, 17-year-old Kelsey Amanda McDuffie was fatally shot in a southern Bulloch County residence. She was at a home on Arthur Nubern Road with 18-year-old Adan Allen Keelin when Keelin reportedly was showing her how to disassemble and reassemble a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. The firearm discharged in Keelin’s hands; the round passed through his left hand and struck McDuffie in the back of the head. McDuffie was taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center and then airlifted to Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, where she died of her injuries.

Her family arranged for her to be an organ donor. The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office investigated, and Keelin was arrested on May 9, 2023. Charges were reduced at a May 30, 2023 bond hearing; Keelin pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts and received a sentence of 120 days jail on weekends, 80 hours community service, a $1,500 fine, required firearm safety training and an alcohol and drug evaluation, and probation conditions banning firearm ownership and contact with the McDuffie family.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or about Keelin and McDuffie’s interactions leading up to April 16?