William Garrett Sands was 17 when he died from a gunshot wound to the head on March 28, 2018, in Terre Haute, Indiana. The shooting occurred at a house party where minors were drinking; Sands was found dead at the scene. He had recently graduated early from Terre Haute South Vigo High School and was weeks away from his 18th birthday and about to start a plumbing apprenticeship.

Nathan G. Derickson, 19 at the time, was reported to have been handling a handgun he believed to be unloaded when it discharged and struck Sands. Derickson was arrested and charged with reckless homicide; he later pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and admitted to using a firearm in the felony that resulted in death. A judge sentenced him to four years in prison, to be followed by six years of probation. Another person, 22-year-old Richard Henderson, was charged with purchasing the beer and whiskey supplied to the minors at the party.

If anyone attended that party or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.