On April 1, 2017, 22-year-old Nygel E. Williams of Richmond, Virginia, was shot during a gathering with friends. Williams was with a friend, Travon M. Hyman, when a firearm was recklessly handled and a fatal shot struck Williams. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead there.

The Richmond Police Department identified Hyman as the person who fired the fatal shot and arrested him. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, with prosecutors alleging negligent handling of the weapon led to Williams’s death. Hyman later entered a plea of no contest to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced for his role in the incident.

If anyone was at the gathering or has information about how the weapon came to be handled that day, please share what is known.