Joseph M. Safo-Agyare, an 18-year-old Black male and senior at Worcester North High School, was fatally shot in Worcester, Massachusetts just after midnight on Saturday, May 17, 2014. He had been with his friend Karega Adolphe and a woman after attending several parties that evening, and the group went to Adolphe’s home.

At the residence, Adolphe was handling a revolver and reportedly unloaded ammunition onto a bed. In what was described as a joke, Adolphe pointed the gun at Safo-Agyare’s chest and pulled the trigger, not realizing a round remained in the chamber. The gun discharged and Safo-Agyare was struck; he was pronounced dead at St. Vincent’s Hospital shortly after officers were alerted by people arriving there in a speeding car with lights off.

Police initially reported little cooperation from people in the neighborhood, but their inquiry identified 19-year-old Karega Adolphe as responsible. Adolphe was arrested on a manslaughter warrant on June 21, 2014, and in September 2015 he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm; a letter from him expressing remorse was read in court and he was sentenced to a term of up to seven years in prison. Does anyone have memories of Joseph or information about the night that could shed more light on what happened?