Antonyo Stephens, 42, was shot and killed inside a residence on South Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 14, 2020. Paramedics responded but Stephens was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fort Wayne homicide detectives, assisted by the Indiana State Police, identified a suspect within a day. On August 17, 2020, Markquiel Derrick was located just south of Indianapolis, arrested, returned to Fort Wayne and initially booked on a murder charge in connection with Stephens’s death.

Court records show that in August 2021 Derrick, then 29, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and received a sentence of up to 20 years in prison followed by five years probation, with sentencing set for September 24, 2021.

If anyone has information about Antonyo Stephens or the events at the South Harrison Street residence, please come forward.