27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead is being charged with murder after opening fire at a bonfire party and killing 18-year-old Kimber Mills.

Per the conditions of his release, he will have to wear an electronic monitoring device.

Here are the details:

NEW: Man accused of k*lling an Alabama high school cheerleader at a late-night bonfire party has been released from jail

Steven Tyler Whitehead, 27, was released on $330,000 bond and must wear an electronic monitoring device

He’s charged with m*rder in the death of 18-year-old Kimber Mills

He also faces three counts of attempted m*rder for wounding others

The shooting occurred at a party with roughly 40–50 young people just after midnight

Whitehead reportedly got into a verbal and physical confrontation before pulling out a gun and opening fire

Another victim was shot 10 times

Reportedly, Whitehead got into a fight with two other men during a bonfire party at a popular local hang-out place in the woods.

He ended up pulling out a gun and firing.

Mills was shot in the head and leg. She died from her wounds at the hospital.

One of the men who got into an altercation with Whitehead that night, Silas McCay, was also shot ten times while trying to protect Mills.

Fox News reported:

Mills, a senior at Cleveland High School, was shot in October 2025 during a late-night bonfire in a heavily wooded area known locally as “The Pit,” near Highway 75 North and Clay-Palmerdale Road in Pinson, Alabama.

Authorities said the gathering turned violent after Whitehead arrived shortly after midnight and became involved in a verbal and physical confrontation before pulling out a gun and opening fire.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office previously said Whitehead fired multiple rounds during the chaos, striking Mills and three others.

One of the victims, 21-year-old Silas McCay, later told WBRC he was shot 10 times — in the leg, hip, rib cage, stomach, finger, pelvis and thigh — while trying to protect his friends, including Mills.

“I look at her like a little sister to me,” McCay said from his hospital bed. “I tried everything I could. I wish there was more I could’ve done.”

McCay said the violence erupted after he and another man confronted Whitehead, who he claimed was attempting to talk to Mills before a fight broke out.

“My ex-girlfriend came up to me at the party and said he was trying to do stuff to this girl named Kimber,” McCay said. “My buddy and I found him, and we started fighting him. I grabbed him and put him over my shoulder and had him on the ground. My buddy pulled me off him, and that’s when he pulled his gun out and started shooting.”

McCay and another man named Hunter McCullouch are being charged in connection with the altercation before Whitehead opened fire.

Per WBRC:

Silas McCay, 21, and Hunter McCullouch, 19, are charged with third-degree assault in connection with the case.

Whitehead being released from jail is rightfully sparking a lot of outrage.

One again, a killer is set free thanks our broken judicial system.

Take a look at some of these responses:

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