Deven Dalton, 20, of Hesperia was fatally shot on January 13, 2022, in the parking lot of a Stater Bros. Supermarket on Bear Valley Road in Victorville. Deputies from the Victorville Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of gunfire about 2:35 p.m. and found Dalton with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail, identified two suspects and arrested them early on January 15, 2022. Eighteen-year-old Kody Lee McDufienunnery of Los Angeles was booked on suspicion of murder, and 19-year-old Christine Kathleen Proffitt of Victorville was booked as an accessory after the fact; both were taken to the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto without bail. The community held a vigil at the shooting site, where friends and family left flowers and lit prayer candles in memory of Dalton, who graduated from Sultana High School in 2020 and had been active in sports.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office.