Devon Amill Ford, 28, was shot dead in his Beech Grove, Indiana apartment on the morning of Sunday, February 16, 2020. A graduate of Arlington High School who worked for JB Hunt and loved cars and trucks, he was found in a bedroom of the unit in the 100 block of Diplomat Court after officers were called for a reported shooting. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigators encountered Devon’s 16-year-old nephew, Sylvester Ford, near the scene; Sylvester initially gave conflicting accounts, telling family members that multiple masked intruders had committed the shooting. He later admitted to shooting his uncle after an argument reportedly over an iPad, saying he kept firing while his uncle cried out. The gun was discarded in a Burger King dumpster and later recovered by police.

Sylvester was charged as an adult. A jury trial in February 2023 resulted in a murder conviction, and in March 2023 he received a 50-year prison sentence. Did anyone in Beech Grove know Devon well enough to add context about his life or the relationship between him and his nephew?