Stephen Matory, 24, was shot and killed in Jackson, Mississippi, on a Thursday morning in June 2020. He was at the Summer Park Apartments when police say he was an innocent bystander caught in crossfire. Matory was a Sergeant in the Mississippi National Guard, serving as a Human Resource Specialist/Transportation Management Coordinator with the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group in Jackson. Born August 15, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee, he attended Holmes Community College and Jackson State University and had earned awards including the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.

In the days after the shooting, Jackson police arrested 19-year-old XaJavier King on charges of murder and aggravated assault and arrested 18-year-old Chaela Edwards on a charge of being an accessory after the fact to murder. If anyone knew Stephen or has information about the shooting at Summer Park Apartments, please share what is known.