A family gathering in Natchez, Mississippi, ended in tragedy on the evening of Saturday, April 20, 2019. Forty-year-old Felicia Butler was fatally wounded when a firearm discharged while being mishandled, and she succumbed to her injuries. Friends and family remembered her as vibrant and loving.

Investigators identified Butler’s brother-in-law as the person who fired the fatal shot. He was already a convicted felon, and authorities arrested him and charged him with manslaughter for the accidental shooting and with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

What details about the gathering or the events leading directly to the discharge have not been made public, and anyone who was there or has information about that evening is asked to come forward.