Fifteen-year-old Ethan Miller Song died on January 31, 2018, after an accidental gunshot to the head at a friend’s house in Guilford, Connecticut. The boys had found a .357 magnum in a closet; the firearm and two others were stored in a cardboard box inside a larger plastic container. Each weapon had a gun lock, but the keys and ammunition were kept in the same box. First responders pronounced Ethan dead at the scene and the investigation ruled the shooting an accident.

Legal fallout followed: the friend, a juvenile, was charged with second-degree manslaughter; the firearm’s owner, Daniel Markle, was not prosecuted because prosecutors said they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt the gun had been stored loaded, an element required for criminally negligent storage. Ethan’s parents, Kristin and Michael Song, became advocates for gun-safety reform and helped push through Ethan’s Law, requiring secure storage of firearms in homes where minors might gain access. The Songs also pursued a civil suit that was settled for $1 million.

Did anyone in Guilford or nearby know Ethan or have information about how the guns were stored in that household before the tragedy?