Hayden Alexander Lucas was 18 when he was fatally shot in the neck at his Lighthouse Street residence in Erie, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 2023. He had been spending time with friends; the group was handling firearms, including a BB gun, and recording a video when a shot was fired that killed Hayden. The Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook ruled the death a homicide.

Erie police recovered a 9mm shell casing from under a couch. Two real firearms involved were retrieved after one of the juveniles reportedly removed them from the scene. Authorities arrested 17-year-old Shemek S. Clements and charged him as an adult under the Fisher Bill with aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter; two other juveniles present faced firearm-related juvenile charges. In February 2024 Clements waived a preliminary hearing and in March 2024 he was released on $250,000 unsecured bond with electronic monitoring.

Hayden is remembered by family and friends as kind and compassionate with an infectious smile; his family set up a GoFundMe for funeral expenses. Did anyone in the community see or hear anything that night or know more about who was present?