Ke’Ovion Markel Seay Tevis was 18 when he was shot in the head and later died after being found in the parking lot of the River’s Edge at Eastside Pointe apartments on Greenup Street in Covington, Kentucky. The shooting happened around 10:00 p.m. on August 3, 2019; he was a recent Holmes High School graduate and worked for the City of Covington as a lifeguard.

Investigators identified two sixteen-year-old juveniles from Newport as suspects. In November 2019 a Kenton County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Brandon M. Hambrick and Deangelo Smith-Jones each with one count of Complicity to Murder. Because a firearm was used, both teenagers were to be tried as adults and an arraignment was scheduled for November 18, 2019.

Ke’Ovion’s family and the community were left grieving after the loss of a young man who worked with children at the local pool. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Ke’Ovion, please come forward and share what you know.