Deveon Hunt was an 18-year-old African American man from Belleville, Illinois, who was shot and killed on October 29, 2017. Police responded about 10:12 PM to reports of multiple shots fired near the 7600 block of South 76th Street and found Hunt on the ground with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators determined that Hunt and a 16-year-old, named in reports as Quantez Jones, had been shooting at a house when Jones accidentally shot Hunt. Jones was charged as an adult with first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm; his bond was set at $1,000,000. The Belleville Police Department and the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis handled the investigation.

What information do readers have about the circumstances that led to the shooting or about Deveon’s life in Belleville?