On Wednesday afternoon, November 6, 2019, 17-year-old DaQwan Tremayne Jones-Morris was shot and killed inside a home on Annapolis Street in Saint Paul. He was a senior at Henry Sibley High School and was playing a video game with two younger friends, ages 15 and 16, when the firearm was handled by the other teens. The 16-year-old had reportedly taken the gun from a vehicle about a week earlier. The weapon was passed between the two younger boys, who racked the slide and aimed it; the 15-year-old later told police he did not know the gun was loaded before he pointed it and pulled the trigger. Jones-Morris was struck in the torso and pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived around 3:30 p.m. His death was Saint Paul’s 28th homicide of the year.

Known as Qwanny, DaQwan was co-captain of the football team, a basketball player, a singer in his church youth choir and was planning for college. Both the 15-year-old and 16-year-old were arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter. His mother, Monica Jones, established a scholarship in his name at the high school to support students of color who show community involvement and a commitment to preventing gun violence. If anyone knew DaQwan or has information about that afternoon, please share what you know.