Deveall La Ray McClendon, 25, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Minneapolis on February 6, 2023. Just after 1:15 a.m. near Hennepin and Lyndale avenues by Loring Park, gunfire struck McClendon while he sat behind the wheel of his Dodge Charger. He crashed into another vehicle after being shot, was treated by first responders and taken to a nearby medical center, but later died of multiple gunshot wounds. His death was the city’s seventh homicide of the year.

McClendon, known as Mac, was originally from Augusta, Georgia, a Benedict College graduate and a player for the Minneapolis Warriors semi-pro football team. He worked in private security and was remembered for acts of generosity, including giving his shoes to a man in need. Surveillance video showed McClendon’s Charger traveling beside a Chevrolet Malibu moments before the shooting and witnesses saw a vehicle flee the scene.

Nearly ten months after the killing a 19-year-old was charged with second-degree murder based in part on Snapchat location data and ballistic links to an earlier shooting, but those charges were later dismissed for insufficient evidence. The family continues to press for answers; anyone with information about the shooting or the vehicles involved is asked to come forward.