Yaharre Stennis was 14 when he was fatally shot in Pontiac, Michigan, in the early morning of July 9, 2018. He was at a home on Willard Street around 2:30 a.m. when a handgun that his 20-year-old cousin, Damari Edward Mahone, had hidden under a mattress discharged, striking Yaharre in the chest. Mahone transported Yaharre to a Pontiac hospital, but the wound proved fatal.

Investigators reported that Mahone had asked Yaharre to move from the bed where the gun was concealed when the weapon fired. Police recovered the handgun, a rifle, about 9.9 grams of heroin, and a small amount of marijuana at the scene. Mahone was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, delivering or manufacturing a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he later pleaded no contest and was sentenced to six to 15 years in prison.

If anyone knew Yaharre or has information about what led to that night on Willard Street, please share what you remember.