Devin Dwayne Kirk was an 18-year-old from Decatur, Illinois who was killed in a shooting on April 30, 2011. He was with friends Jamel Jelks and Deontae Hodges when the fatal shooting occurred.

Tre M. McSpadden was charged in connection with the shooting. During the prosecution the State presented testimony from 27 witnesses and numerous exhibits. Before trial, the court dismissed three first-degree murder counts, two attempted first-degree murder counts, and two aggravated discharge of a firearm counts. A jury later convicted McSpadden of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder; he received a 46-year sentence for the murder conviction to run consecutively with two concurrent 26-year terms for the attempted murder convictions. An appeal that raised sufficiency of the evidence, comments by the trial judge, and ineffective assistance of counsel was denied.

This remains a tragic example of gun violence and its effects on families and communities. Does anyone have memories of Devin or information about the events that night?