Keontae Harper was a 16-year-old student at Independence High School in Columbus, Ohio. Family remembered him as an accomplished young man who had earned numerous trophies and medals; while he was hospitalized his teammates signed a photo for him and friends and family filled his room with posters of support.

The shooting happened on the afternoon of April 22, 2023, at a home on the 2900 block of Falcon Bridge Drive. Police say Harper and a 17-year-old friend, Denarius Crowder, were handling firearms and began pointing them at each other in what officers described as horseplay. A handgun held by Crowder discharged and Harper was struck once in the head. He was taken to Mount Carmel East Hospital in critical condition and died on the morning of May 16, 2023, after nearly a month in the hospital. His family registered him as an organ donor while he was hospitalized.

Do readers who knew Keontae or who were in that neighborhood in April 2023 have information or memories to share?