Ryan Thompson

St. Louis police said they responded to a call at 21 Gast Place. They found Ryan Thompson, 33, unconscious in the alley between Gast and the 8600 block of Church Drive. EMS pronounced Thompson dead at the scene. Police do not believe it was a shooting and said Thompson appears to be have been hit in the head with something. The incident appears to have happened to the south, closer to McLaran Avenue, in the 8500 block of Church Drive.