An Alabama man accused of shooting and killing an 18-year-old high school cheerleader has been released from jail on a $330,000 bond.

The suspect, 27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead, is charged with murder after opening fire at a late-night bonfire party in Pinson, Alabama, and fatally shooting Kimber Mills, a senior at Cleveland High School.

Under the terms of his release, Whitehead must wear an electronic monitoring device.

According to authorities, the incident occurred on October 2025 during a gathering of approximately 40 to 50 young people in a heavily wooded area known locally as “The Pit” near Highway 75 North and Clay-Palmerdale Road. Whitehead arrived shortly after midnight and became involved in a verbal and physical confrontation before pulling out a gun and opening fire.

Mills was shot in the head and leg and died from her wounds at the hospital. Another victim, 21-year-old Silas McCay, was shot ten times — in the leg, hip, rib cage, stomach, finger, pelvis and thigh — while attempting to protect Mills.

McCay later told a local television station that he had grabbed Whitehead and placed him on the ground before he drew his firearm. “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 and 19-year-old Hunter McCullouch are both being charged with third-degree assault in connection with the altercation that preceded Whitehead’s shooting.

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