Sixteen-year-old TreMayne A.L. Bass of Decatur, Illinois, died on April 6, 2024, after an unintentional shooting inside the bedroom of 18-year-old Jayden M. Michniewicz. According to a police affidavit, Michniewicz, Bass and Michniewicz’s 15-year-old brother had been drinking tequila when Michniewicz handed Bass a semi-automatic .380 pistol and the weapon unintentionally discharged.

Authorities charged Jayden M. Michniewicz with involuntary manslaughter. TreMayne Bass was remembered in an obituary as a beloved son, brother and friend, and memorials including planted trees have been arranged in his honor. Few details beyond the affidavit and the tributes have been released.

Did anyone in the Decatur area see or hear about this gathering on April 6, 2024, or know more about where the pistol came from?