In the quiet city of Sierra Vista, Arizona, a family visit turned into a tragedy on the evening of Wednesday, February 16, 2022, resulting in the death of 26-year-old Jacob Sellors. A resident of Michigan, Sellors was in town to spend time with his relatives, a trip that ended in an abrupt and heartbreaking manner. Emergency services were summoned to a local residence where they discovered Sellors unresponsive, lying on a bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
He was swiftly transported to a nearby hospital, but tragically, his life could not be saved.
The individual responsible for the shooting was identified as Stevan Djordjevic, a 44-year-old off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent and a relative of the victim. Initial reports from the Sierra Vista Police Department indicated that the shooting was believed to be an accidental discharge of a firearm. At the time of the initial reports, no charges had been filed against Djordjevic, and no arrests were made in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
Following the fatal shooting, the Sierra Vista Police Department launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Jacob Sellors's death. In addition to the local law enforcement inquiry, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility also initiated a review of the incident, a standard procedure when a Border Patrol agent is involved in a shooting, even while off-duty. The community was left awaiting the conclusions of these investigations to understand the full story behind the untimely death of a young man who was simply visiting family. There have been no subsequent public announcements regarding the outcome of the investigations or if any legal actions were taken against Stevan Djordjevic.
