James Wesley Blazier, 17, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was shot in the head and died on March 27, 2016, after being struck by a single bullet at a party the night before. He was a student at Enterprise Attendance Center and was remembered as affable and athletic, active on the football team. Emergency responders took him first to King’s Daughter Medical Center and then to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:56 a.m. on March 27.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office investigated the incident and described it as appearing to be an accidental shooting. Another 17-year-old, Steven Brody Evans, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and released on $50,000 bond.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known with investigators.