Brooklynn Mae Mohler, a 13-year-old White female from Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed on June 4, 2013, after being struck by a single bullet while at a friend’s house. The friend reportedly accessed an unsecured handgun kept in a kitchen cabinet; the firearm discharged and Brooklynn was shot in the back with a hollow-point bullet. She was taken to a local trauma center but died; her father found her at the scene and her mother was later told she had not survived.

Officials ruled the death accidental and no criminal charges were filed against the friend or the friend’s parents who owned the gun. Brooklynn was an honor roll student, a gymnast, and an animal lover. Her parents, Jacob and Darchel Mohler, have since focused on gun safety advocacy through a foundation named in her memory.

Are there details about the storage of the handgun or the events in the home that anyone with information can share?