Avante Boyce, a 19-year-old African American, was shot multiple times in the East Meadows complex parking lot in San Antonio on March 31, 2022, and later died at a nearby hospital. He was the son of east San Antonio minister and community advocate Darrell Boyce. The killing intensified local concern about violence in the neighborhood.

Investigators arrested Vernon Dixon, identified as Boyce’s stepson-in-law, in Wichita, Kansas, about two months after the shooting. Dixon was convicted of murder and later sentenced to life in prison; he also received 60-year sentences for tampering with evidence and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Boyce’s family and community members remember him as someone passionate about music and helping others.

Can anyone who knew Avante or who has information about what happened that night come forward to share details?