Javone Montre Polumalu Hodges, a 19-year-old from Austin, Texas, was fatally shot shortly after midnight on June 20, 2021 at a birthday party in South Austin. The shooting followed a brief argument between Hodges and another 19-year-old, Coolidge Humphries, over unidentified females. Witnesses said Humphries fired multiple shots; another young man was wounded but survived.

Humphries was arrested by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on June 25, 2021 in Round Rock and was charged with murder, a first-degree felony, with bond set at $100,000. Witnesses provided information during the investigation, including a screenshot of Humphries’ Facebook profile that helped identify and locate him.

Hodges had recently graduated from Northeast Early College High School and planned to attend Mesabi Range Junior College on a football scholarship. His mother, Keesha Hodges, remembered him as a loving big brother and a mature young man. Does anyone who attended that party or knew Javone have information that could add detail about what happened that night?