Printess Allen Winston IV was 16 and a rising junior at Fairmont Senior High School when he died after a handgun discharged during a gathering at an apartment on Cleveland Avenue in Fairmont. The shooting took place on Sunday, June 12, 2016; funeral records place his death in the early hours of June 13. Family described him as active in sports, learning the family’s Winston Wheels and Tires business, and enjoying music, fishing and archery.

Fairmont police reported that Winston was with another 16-year-old when the handgun was being handled or played with and that the weapon discharged, striking Winston. Investigators focused on the other teenager as the person handling the gun and later said the juvenile could face involuntary manslaughter. An adult, 39-year-old Amy Jones, was arrested on June 20, 2016 and charged with child neglect resulting in death for allegedly allowing the firearm and the teenagers to be together in her home; she was arraigned and released on bond.

What is still unclear to the public is whether the juvenile was ever formally tried or convicted and what the final disposition of Jones’s case was. Does anyone have verifiable information about the outcome of the prosecutions or about the events that night?