Kennedi Belton was 15 and a freshman at Warren Easton Charter High School when she was killed on January 29, 2023. She was at a sleepover on Curran Boulevard when a single, accidental gunshot entered the room where she was resting. Two other people in the room suffered superficial injuries.

Nineteen-year-old Andre Skinner was in an adjoining room handling a firearm he later said he was playing with to familiarize himself with it. He admitted removing the magazine but not checking the chamber; the gun discharged, the bullet passed through a wall and struck Kennedi. The weapon was described as a ghost gun, meaning it had no serial number.

Skinner was arrested and charged with one count of negligent homicide and two counts of negligent injury. He pleaded guilty and received three years of probation, restitution, and a requirement to speak at a high school annually about mishandling firearms. Kennedi’s family reacted with outrage at the sentence. Does anyone have information about Kennedi, the sleepover, or the house on Curran Boulevard that could help clarify what happened?