Dezmonn Nixon

Police said Dezmonn Nixon, 23, and a 27-year-old woman were walking in the 1400 block of North 14th Street around 9:30 a.m. when two men approached and fired gunshots at them. Nixon was shot in the face and chest and was declared dead at the scene. He lived in the 1800 block of North 43rd Street in East St. Louis.