Stevenson Derival was 20 when he was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday, September 24, 2017, at an off-campus house party in Mount Vernon, Georgia. A junior at Brewton-Parker College from Decatur and of Haitian descent, he studied criminal justice and had been active in wrestling and track and field since his days at Towers High School. The party, attended by about 200 people, erupted in gunfire; Derival was struck by multiple bullets and another person was injured as witnesses fled and the shooter escaped.

Investigators from the Mount Vernon Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified two suspects, brothers Khalif and Khalil Wagner. In early October 2017, 19-year-old Khalif Wagner surrendered and was charged with murder and aggravated assault, while Khalil Wagner remained at large. Derival’s family and college remembered him for his positive spirit and as the first in his family to attend college.

If anyone attended that party or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.