‘A great person’: Family seeks help with burial of young man killed in east Jefferson County shooting

‘A great person’: Family seeks help with burial of young man killed in east Jefferson County shooting

Family members of a man shot to death last week at an east Jefferson County apartment complex are asking for help with burying their loved one.

Calvin Maurice Chambers, 23, was killed Thursday at Charter East Apartments.

“Calvin was a great person who loved his friend and family,’’ Calandra Chambers said in a GoFundMe created for funeral expenses.

Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 4:38 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, to Charter East Apartments, said Lt. Joni Money.

When they arrived, they found Chambers had sustained at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Investigators were able to get a description of the suspect vehicle. With help from Flock cameras and the Metro Area Command Center, deputies obtained a location of that vehicle and stopped it after a brief pursuit.

Five people initially were taken into custody.

William Ayala Torres (Jefferson County Jail)

William Ayala Torres, 18, is charged with capital murder in Chambers’ death. Authorities have not released a motive, but said the charge is a capital offense because the fatal shots were fired from a vehicle.

Torres was set to make his first court appearance today. He remains held in the Jefferson County Jail on bonds totaling $107,0000.

Of the other four taken into custody, a 20-year-old is charged with felony possession of marijuana, Money said. Two other males and a female were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Donations to the GoFundMe can be made here.