‘This was my baby brother’: Family mourns 27-year-old after hit-and-run tragedy

A family is mourning the sudden and tragic loss of 27-year-old Devon Butler, who was fatally struck by two vehicles while walking along Robinson Road early Friday morning.

His sister, Rissa Williams, poured out her grief on social media, writing:
“My brother… this hurts so bad. This is not the news I wanted to hear. To get this call this morning… my baby brother.”

According to police, Butler was first hit by a vehicle traveling east. That driver reportedly stopped. Moments later, a second vehicle struck him and fled the scene. Police are now searching for the driver of the second vehicle.

Latoya Smith, another sister, told The Tribune that Butler had just left work and stopped at the laundromat to use a phone in an effort to get home. “He was like my second child. He was sweet and loving. He always showed me affection and told me how much he loved me,” she said.

Close friend Stephan said he was struggling to believe what had happened.
“I’m still in disbelief,” he shared.

A woman who identified herself as Thompson said the incident happened shortly after Butler left a nearby laundromat. “He was just in there calling for a ride to get home… and walked out only minutes before this happened,” she said.

Devon was the young father of a six-year-old boy and had just celebrated his birthday a few weeks ago.

A family acquaintance, Alice Thompson, described Butler as someone she treated like her own.
“My heart breaks for him and his family. He was more than my daughter’s friend. He was family,” she said.

One friend, Vicki, questioned the lack of compassion shown by the driver who fled the scene.
“What breaks me the most is the absence of humanity. How can someone see another person and show no mercy?” she wrote.

Police are urging anyone with information about the second vehicle or its driver to come forward.