Christopher Chevelon Jr., known as Chevy, was 15 and a 10th grader at Ocala Vanguard High School when he was fatally shot on December 6, 2020. The shooting happened around noon at the Sutton Place apartments off Northeast 3rd Street near State Road 40 while Chris and friends were walking around the complex. A vehicle with an unknown number of occupants confronted the group and shots were fired from the car; Chris was struck and later died at the hospital despite life-saving efforts by police and paramedics.

The Ocala Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has been developing leads and speaking with witnesses, but as of the latest update no one has been charged in Chris’s death. A 14-year-old was arrested on tampering-with-evidence charges after video showed him taking a gun from Chris after he fell; he admitted taking the weapon but is not suspected in the homicide and the firearm has not been recovered.

Counseling was made available at Chris’s school and his junior varsity football team issued a tribute. Does anyone who was at Sutton Place that day or who has information about the vehicle involved want to come forward?