Isaac Odell Williams was 14 and a ninth-grade student at Tuckerman High School when he died from a gunshot wound to the face on the evening of Thursday, December 26, 2013. He lived in Newport and was found at a Main Street residence in Swifton after Jackson County authorities were called. Isaac was active in sports and a member of Jacksonport Baptist Church; friends and classmates remembered him as friendly and kind.

Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office determined the shooting was an accident. Isaac had been visiting friends when a 14-year-old friend was handling a 12-gauge shotgun that reportedly malfunctioned and discharged, striking Isaac. No criminal charges were filed in the case.

Does anyone who knew Isaac or the household at that time have additional information about what happened that night?