DeKalb County student athlete shot, killed at college party

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 20-year-old Decatur native was shot and killed while attending a college party in south Georgia.

Stevenson Derival was killed this weekend at a party off campus at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia.

Mount Vernon Police Chief Calvin Burns said hundreds of people were at the gathering early Sunday when gunshots rang out. Derival, a Towers High School graduate, was hit and later died.

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The college's president posted on Facebook about the "shock" many are feeling on campus.

“We are all shocked and broken-hearted to see a friend and student whose life held such promise to be cut short in such a devastating way,” president Steve Echols said.

Derival was a member of the wrestling team at Towers High School. He was a well liked student and athlete, who the kids at Towers called "Meatball."

He was attending attending college at Brewton-Parker, a Christian college in south Georgia.

"(He) was one of the best wrestlers. He had a good spirit, a good heart," said classmate Demonte Parker.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the family with funeral costs. To learn more, click here.

Police are still searching for the shooter.

Information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was used in this report.

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