On the evening of April 1, 2023, 12-year-old Kain Lewis Heiland was found on a pathway between two homes in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, suffering a single gunshot wound to the back. An autopsy ruled the injury fatal and his death a homicide. Kain was a seventh-grade student at Red Lion Area Junior High School and a member of the wrestling team; he was remembered as adventurous and fond of the outdoors, fishing, and time with friends and family.

Investigators focused on a 13-year-old friend, Nolan Grove. Kain had spent the afternoon and evening with Grove and another friend; Grove had retrieved a handgun that day and witnesses described him playing with it, loading and unloading it and activating its laser sight. Surveillance footage showed Grove pointing the weapon at Kain, the laser dot visible on Kain’s torso. While walking through a neighbor’s yard, an exchange occurred after Grove made a comment about Kain’s mother; Kain told him to be quiet and Grove reportedly said something to the effect of you know what happens, then removed the gun from his sweatshirt and shot Kain in the back at close range.

A jury later found Nolan Grove guilty of third-degree murder. Does anyone have information about Kain’s last movements that could help clarify what happened that evening?