On the morning of March 10, 2021, 19-year-old Mickell Avery Gordon was found lying in the road in the Fontainebleau community of Pascagoula, Mississippi, with a fatal gunshot wound to the forehead. Authorities were called about 2 a.m. and pronounced him dead at the scene. Gordon had been spending the night with a friend; a 19-year-old female acquaintance arrived with a 14-year-old, Bridgett Leann Forehand. Witnesses say Forehand was seen waving a gun that she had reportedly stolen, the weapon discharged and the bullet struck Gordon. Witnesses reported no argument or confrontation before the shooting.

Forehand fled but was apprehended shortly after investigators arrived. Reports in court described Forehand as having a history of mental health issues and said she claimed to have blacked out from drinking and did not remember the shooting. She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Mickell’s family remembered him as a high-achieving student, sports player and student council leader who planned to study accounting.

Does anyone who knew Mickell or was in that neighborhood that night have information to share?