Steven Estevez Correa was 15 when he was gravely wounded by a gunshot to the head inside his family’s Stapleton apartment late on February 16, 2023. Emergency responders found him near midnight on Thompson Street and he was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where he later died.

Police arrested his 17-year-old brother the next day and initially charged him with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, assault, and a weapons-possession misdemeanor. As the investigation continued, authorities reclassified the case as a homicide and filed a homicide charge, even though reports also described investigators’ belief that the shooting may have been accidental—resulting from reckless handling rather than an intentional act. Neighbors described the brothers as closely bonded, and the community and school remembered Steven as a Ralph R. McKee High School student and junior varsity football player; supporters raised funds to help the family and his parents reportedly authorized organ donation.

Anyone who knew Steven, his family, or has information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.