Jacksonville State football commit Philstavious "Phil" Dowdell was one of four people killed in a shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, on Saturday.
According to the News-Herald, Dowdell was identified among the dead by his grandmother and a pastor who also serves as chaplain of the Dadeville High School football team. Per Maxwell Donaldson of USA Today, Dowdell was attending his sister's 16th birthday party and his mother was one of 28 people injured in the shooting, as she sustained two gunshot wounds and her status is not yet clear.