Frederick Austin was 14 when he died from a single gunshot on the east side of Detroit on the evening of Tuesday, June 7, 2016. He had been with a group of friends in a shed behind a vacant house on Radnor Street when a handgun that had been in Frederick’s possession was picked up by a 13-year-old friend. The firearm discharged and Frederick was struck and killed.

Detroit police responded and the 13-year-old was detained as the suspected shooter. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged him in juvenile court with involuntary manslaughter, careless discharge of a firearm causing death, and felony firearm; his name was not released because of his age and any sentence would be handled by the juvenile justice system.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know these boys or see them on Radnor Street that evening?