On Christmas Day in Detroit, 16-year-old Bernard Walker was at a friend’s house on Virginia Park Street when a single gunshot struck him in the head. He was taken to a local hospital and died nearly a day later from his injuries.

Initial Detroit Police reports described the shooting as an accident during a group of teenagers playing with a loaded revolver. Bernard’s mother has said she believes the circumstances may have been more complex and that a friend holding the gun might have been demonstrating it when it discharged. The firearm did not belong to Bernard and had been brought to the home by one of the friends.

Investigators focused on one friend present, 19-year-old Dwayne Sharper Jr., who was taken into custody. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office later charged him with manslaughter, felony firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm. Bernard’s family remembered him as a typical teenager who joked with friends and played sports; they donated his organs after his death.

Did anyone who knew Bernard or who was at that gathering see what happened that day?