Steven Harris was a 20-year-old Southern University student and member of the Human Jukebox marching band who was killed in July 2024. On July 17 he was reportedly lured from his home in West Feliciana Parish to attend a party, left in an unfamiliar vehicle, and did not appear for a custody hearing scheduled the next day for his one-year-old son. His body was found on July 23 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi; he had been shot multiple times.

Investigators focused on the child’s mother, 21-year-old Allyah Martin, as well as two other suspects: 20-year-old Calajia Jack of St. Francisville and 21-year-old Derek Terrell Hollins, Junior, of St. Francisville. Authorities say the three drove Steven to Mississippi where the shooting occurred. The trio were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and Hollins was also charged with possession of a machine gun.

Allyah Martin pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The cases against Calajia Jack and Derek Terrell Hollins Jr. were still proceeding. Steven’s parents, including his father Thomas Harris, are raising his son. Anyone with information about Steven’s last movements or the events of July 17–23 is asked to come forward.