Jy’Air Johnston was 14 when he was shot at a residence on Syracuse Street in Denver on October 31, 2021. Police were initially dispatched that afternoon after a call reporting an accidental shooting; Johnston was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner later reclassified the death as a homicide.

During the ensuing investigation, another teenager was taken into custody and held for investigation of manslaughter. Authorities did not release the juvenile’s name. Details about how the shooting occurred and what led to the fatal wound have been limited as the case remained under investigation.

Did anyone in the Denver area know Jy’Air Johnston or have information about what happened that afternoon?