Eighteen-year-old Gage Eric Eup was shot and killed in Terre Haute, Indiana, on the evening of August 5, 2018. A recent graduate of Terre Haute North High School, he had talked about enlisting in the military and attending culinary school. He was at a friend’s home on Cleveland Avenue when the gathering turned fatal.

According to accounts from that night, a friend, then 20-year-old Dylan Morgan, was handling a handgun and jokingly pointed it at Gage’s face after removing the magazine. Morgan did not know a round remained in the chamber; the gun discharged and Gage was struck. Initial reports led to Morgan’s arrest on a preliminary charge of reckless homicide. Investigators noted inconsistencies in Morgan’s statements and that drugs and alcohol were involved.

What is still unclear to readers is how the events unfolded minute by minute and who else, if anyone, witnessed the moments before the shooting. If anyone knew Gage, was at that Cleveland Avenue gathering, or has information about that night, please come forward.