On the night of September 9, 2020, 41-year-old Stefvon DWayne Murphy Sr., known as Big Step, was killed in an apartment at the Cheatham Place Homes in Nashville. He had been visiting with a 59-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man when a man entered the apartment and opened fire. The two other victims were wounded and survived; Murphy died at the scene. Investigators identified 35-year-old Alphonso K. James as the man who entered and fired the shots. The motive was under investigation in the immediate aftermath.

Metro Nashville police searched for James across Tennessee, with assistance from Chattanooga law enforcement. On December 8, 2020, James surrendered to the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in downtown Nashville and was booked into jail held without bond pending a court hearing. If anyone knew Stefvon Murphy or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.