Trussville teen indicted in rifle slaying of high school classmate
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
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A Trussville teen has been indicted in the deadly shooting of one of his classmates one year ago
A Jefferson County grand jury issued the capital murder indictment against Steven Chase Lafoy, 18, on March 12, according to court records made public Wednesday. He is charged in the April 1, 2020 killing of 18-year-old Trent Thomas Parkerson. They were friends and football teammates.
The shooting happened about 3:20 a.m. that Wednesday outside Lafoy’s home in the 7600 block of Happy Hollow Road. Trussville police said the two teens both were students at Hewitt-Trussville High School. When police arrived at the location, they found Parkerson inside of a locked vehicle that was still in gear. He had been shot one time and was later pronounced dead on the scene.