A weekend hangout on the northwest side of Indianapolis ended with a 16-year-old dead. On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Nathaniel Labissiere was at a Braemar Drive home near 46th Street and Eagle Creek Parkway when a group of youths were handling a .22-caliber Glock 44 in a bedroom. Court documents and witness accounts say 18-year-old Jakari Bibbs allegedly pointed the gun at Labissiere after which Labissiere told him not to, and Bibbs pulled the trigger. The round struck Labissiere in the throat; emergency responders pronounced the injuries fatal.

Bibbs later told detectives he believed the firearm was unloaded. He was arrested by Indianapolis police on August 1, 2024, and charged by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office with reckless homicide and pointing a firearm. The investigation characterizes the case as negligence in handling a weapon and a fatal consequence of assuming a gun was empty.

Does anyone have information about the gathering that afternoon or saw the teens in that neighborhood?