Dedrick Earl, a 22-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on November 16, 2016, at an apartment complex at 8800 North Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas. Stephens confronted them on the apartment stairs with a revolver; after an argument he shot Dedrick twice. Dedrick was taken to University Medical Center–Brackenridge, where he was pronounced dead.

Stephens was arrested and charged with murder and, according to the arrest affidavit, admitted to the shooting and expressed remorse. He was held on $125,000 bond while awaiting trial. On June 8, 2018, a jury found Stephens not guilty of murder, concluding the actions did not meet the legal criteria for murder.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the confrontation on the stairs or who saw either man at the complex that day?