Formal charges have been filed against a Trussville teen in the deadly shooting of one of his classmates.

Trussville police on Thursday obtained a capital murder for Steven Chase Lafoy, 17. He is charged in the Wednesday slaying of 18-year-old Trent Thomas Parkerson. They were friends and football teammates.

The shooting happened about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday outside Lafoy’s home in the 7600 block of Happy Hollow Road. Trussville police Det. Ben Short said the two teens both were students at Hewitt-Trussville High School. When police arrived at the location, they found Parkerson inside of a locked vehicle that was still in gear. He had been shot one time and was later pronounced dead on the scene.

Short said Lafoy called 911 to report the shooting and was taken into custody at the scene. Investigators believe a physical altercation over an alleged theft took place prior to the shooting. Authorities have not said what was possibly taken in the theft.

A rifle was recovered from the scene and it appears that Parkerson was trying to leave when he was shot. The charge is capital because Parkerson was in a vehicle when he was shot.

Lafoy is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $500,000 bond.