Colby Fouch was 14 and from West Point, California, when he was fatally shot on April 20, 2016. He and a 16-year-old friend were bird hunting in a quarry when the older teen’s shotgun discharged, striking Colby in the face and upper body.

Initial accounts described the event as a hunting accident, but Colby’s brother, Mason Fouch, said the boys might have been trying to defend themselves from bullies. Mason said the 16-year-old had brought the shotgun because he felt threatened by two other kids at their high school, which introduced questions about whether the shooting was an accident or connected to a self-defense situation.

The 16-year-old was arrested and booked into Calaveras County Juvenile Probation on a felony charge of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm, and the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department continued investigating the circumstances of Colby’s death. Did anyone in the West Point area see or hear about threats against these boys before April 20, 2016?