DeShaun Stewart, 20, was fatally shot in the early hours of February 17, 2024, on Ellis Drive in the Lakeview Estates neighborhood of Cocoa, Florida. Deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office found Stewart wounded after a call about a shooting; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The sheriff’s office has not released a clear sequence of events and investigators describe multiple, conflicting witness accounts.

Family members say they are frustrated by the lack of information and silence from potential witnesses. His cousin Chiquita Holmes-Conner said people are telling different stories, and his mother Shanova Stewart urged whoever is responsible to come forward. The family described DeShaun as a loving young man with a bright smile who had no criminal record and had played high school football at Merritt Island and Palm Bay.

No arrests have been announced and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. If anyone saw or heard anything on Ellis Drive the morning of February 17, please share what you know.