Eric Stephens, a 19-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on February 2, 2010, in Chicago during an altercation that also wounded his cousin, Ronald Funches. Their mother Teneshia Hooper was present at the scene when the shooting occurred.

Quincy Getter was charged with first-degree murder for Stephens’ death, plus attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for the injuries to Funches, and aggravated discharge of a firearm concerning Hooper. At trial Getter admitted firing the weapon but claimed self-defense. The jury was instructed to decide whether the state had disproved self-defense for three counts (first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery) and acquitted on those counts. The jury did not receive a self-defense instruction for the aggravated discharge count and convicted on that charge. On appeal the conviction was reversed and the case remanded because the court found the missing self-defense instruction was plain error and that Getter’s counsel had acquiesced to the erroneous instructions.

What details about that February 2, 2010 incident or the people involved might still be helpful to investigators or anyone who knew Eric?