Christian Joseph Jones, 14, was killed by a gunshot inside a pickup truck on the morning of February 27, 2021. He was a freshman at Poplarville High School and a passenger in a 2014 Dodge Ram traveling near Gulfside Assembly and Beach Boulevard in Waveland when a single shot struck his torso shortly after 10 a.m. He was given first aid at the scene and taken to University Medical Center in New Orleans, where he died.

Waveland police say another passenger was handling a handgun removed from a holster and reported that his hand slipped while clearing the weapon, causing it to discharge. The driver reportedly did not know the weapon was being handled until the shot. Investigators described the death as an apparently accidental shooting; the identity of the passenger who fired the gun has not been publicly released and, as of early March 2021, no charges had been filed.

Does anyone have information about what happened that morning or about the people who were in the truck?