Dakota Austin Lane was 18 when he was fatally shot on March 10, 2015, in Virginia Beach. A recent graduate of Kellam High School and a student at ECPI, he was described as fun-loving with a strong sense of humor and close to his family, especially his younger brother. He was known to friends as Cody.

On the late-night outing Dakota was with an acquaintance, Glen Raymond Phillips, on Charity Neck Road when a firearm in Phillips’ possession discharged and struck Dakota. Court testimony related to the investigation stated Phillips had been drinking and smoking marijuana and was ‘‘messing around’’ with the gun before it fired. Phillips was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; in May 2016 he pleaded guilty to that charge and sentencing was set for August.

If anyone knew Dakota, his movements that night, or has information about the circumstances on Charity Neck Road, please share what is known.