In the fading light of a Memorial Day weekend in Crown Point, Indiana, a gathering of friends around a backyard fire pit took a tragic turn, ending the life of 16-year-old Jason M. Paholik Jr. on May 28, 2023. The male teenager's death resulted from a single gunshot wound to the chest, an act that was tragically captured on a doorbell camera. The person responsible was his lifelong best friend, 18-year-old Denver Johnson.
In the immediate aftermath, a distraught Johnson was heard on the r
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