On June 4, 2014, 17-year-old Harley Jarrett was killed in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A junior at Brighton High School, Harley enjoyed snowboarding, skateboarding and hiking. He was at a friend’s house near 6800 South Pine Rock Drive for an end-of-year gathering when a .45 caliber revolver that had been stolen weeks earlier was produced in the basement, out of adult supervision. A teenager handling the gun pulled the trigger believing it to be unloaded; a single shot struck Harley in the head and he was killed at the scene.

Following the shooting, two 16-year-old Brighton High students were charged in juvenile court: the teen who fired the weapon was charged with negligent homicide (a class A misdemeanor) and the other with reckless endangerment (a class A misdemeanor). Both were also charged with receiving stolen property, a second-degree felony. A third teenager was arrested in connection with the burglary where the firearm was taken. The case moved through the juvenile court system.

Did anyone who knew Harley or was at that gathering come forward with information about how the stolen firearm came into that group’s possession?