Devan Sprawling was 20 when he died from a gunshot wound on November 30, 2018, in Little Rock, Arkansas. A Bryant High School graduate who left college to pursue music as a DJ and producer, he was at a Fair Park Drive house with three other young men the night he was shot. According to investigators, 21-year-old Patrick Bennett told police he thought he was holding an airsoft gun when he pointed it at Sprawling’s temple and pulled the trigger; the gun was real. Sprawling was taken to CHI St. Vincent after those at the scene allegedly attempted to clean up first, and was pronounced dead at the hospital later that night.

Authorities arrested Bennett on manslaughter charges and charged two others present, 20-year-old Latrey Holloway and 20-year-old Bert Zinamon, with tampering with evidence; Zinamon also faced felony drug possession and Holloway faced misdemeanor drug possession. All three were released on bond before funeral arrangements were finalized. Sprawling’s mother, Yolanda Harrison, disputes the accidental account, citing his hunting experience, the wound she says was consistent with a contact shot, and the absence of his keys and bank card. Does anyone have information about that November 30 evening or the events that followed?