Levaughn James Morris, 17, was killed inside a residence near 28th and Concordia in Milwaukee on the evening of May 1, 2024. The shooting occurred at about 10:15 p.m. and did not involve random strangers; those present were friends.

According to what investigators were later told, Levaughn was in a bedroom playing with a firearm when 18-year-old friend Jovon Young-Smith entered, asked for the gun, and began handling it. Young-Smith then pointed the weapon at Levaughn and pulled the trigger, later saying he did not know the gun was loaded. An initial account to police claimed unknown intruders had entered and shot Levaughn, but that version changed as the investigation continued and Young-Smith was arrested and charged with second-degree reckless homicide.

Was anyone in the neighborhood or who knew Levaughn and his friends present that night willing to come forward with what they saw or heard?