Tevin Savage, a 22-year-old Black man, was killed on November 12, 2016, after an ordinary drive along Highway 385 in southeast Shelby County turned into something sudden and irreversible. That Saturday morning, Savage was traveling eastbound near the stretch between the Houston Levee Road and Forest Hill Irene exits, with his girlfriend in the vehicle, when what authorities described as a road-rage encounter began to form around them.
Investigators said the trouble started when Savage had to brake hard to avoid a silver Corvette in front of him while driving along 385, and the situation escalated from there. The Corvette’s occupants were described as two men, and deputies said shots were fired into Savage’s vehicle during the confrontation. In the seconds that followed, the gunfire hit Savage, and he died at the scene; his girlfriend was not physically injured.
In the immediate aftermath, the focus of the search narrowed to the car that had flashed through the violence and then disappeared. Deputies asked for help locating a silver or white Chevrolet Corvette connected to the shooting, and the case unfolded publicly as a warning about how quickly traffic anger can turn lethal. The description of the suspects remained consistent—two men in the Corvette—while law enforcement worked to identify who was inside and who pulled the trigger.
As the investigation continued, Savage’s life outside that highway moment surfaced in the reporting—someone known for loving cars and working around them, someone whose friends and family poured grief and memories onto social media while detectives chased leads. The contrast was stark: a young man remembered for his ties to auto work and enthusiasm for vehicles, killed by gunfire from another vehicle in a clash that investigators framed as road rage.
Months later, authorities announced a major development: Shelby County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Derrick Hester Jr. in connection with the shooting. According to reporting on the case, he faced multiple charges, including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Even with that arrest, investigators also said they wanted to speak with another person connected to the incident—reflecting the belief that more than one person had been in the Corvette when Savage was shot.
Publicly available reporting tied to the case describes the arrest and the charges, and it also makes clear that investigators were still looking for additional information about the second person linked to the Corvette. The story that remains is one of a life ended in motion—mid-commute, daylight on the interstate—followed by a long stretch of questions, investigative effort, and the slow work of identifying suspects in a crime that lasted only moments but left permanent damage behind.
