Alexis Sky Pierson, 14, was fatally shot at her Bay St. Louis home in the Bayside Park community on the evening of April 5, 2022. She was at the house with her younger brother and several children playing video games when an 18-year-old friend of one of the older kids brought a handgun into the gathering. The loaded gun was placed on a bed and was found by a 9 or 10-year-old boy who reportedly thought it was a toy or unloaded. Alexis reportedly had her hands up and was telling the child to put the weapon down when it discharged.

A single bullet struck her; she was pronounced dead at the scene and her stepfather, who had been outside, heard the shot and discovered the aftermath. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office described the shooting as a tragic accident and turned the investigation over to Hancock County Youth Court to determine whether charges were appropriate for the child who fired the weapon. Questions were being raised about how the children gained access to the gun. Alexis was remembered as a cheerleader and aspiring police officer who made videos on TikTok.

Does anyone have information about how the firearm came to be accessible that night or knew Alexis and can share missing details?