Adrian Wilson was 16 when he was shot and killed at a family barbecue in the courtyard of the Aspen Meadows Apartments in Auburn, Washington, on May 22, 2011. He had been preparing to leave for a Job Corps apprenticeship the next day. Mills arrived armed, an ongoing dispute escalated, and Adrian confronted Mills about the pistol. Adrian was shot in the face; the single gunshot lodged in his spinal cord and proved fatal. He died in his father’s arms at the scene.

After the shooting, Adrian’s father, Gabriel Wilson, chased the fleeing teen and, back at the complex, fired multiple shots into an apartment he believed was linked to the shooter; Gabriel was arrested on charges of assault and illegal possession of a firearm. Mills was arrested two days later, charged as an adult with second-degree murder, pleaded guilty in April 2012, and received a 20-year prison sentence. Adrian’s family later sued the state of Washington, alleging inadequate supervision of Mills while he was under state supervision and that parole violations had not been addressed.