Homicide victims in 2024

Marques Wright, 45

April 23, 2024 • Unincorporated (Castle Point) • St. Louis County

Marques Wright, 45, was shot and killed Tuesday morning in north St. Louis County. Wright was found shot at 10:45 a.m. in the 10400 block of Prince Drive in the Castle Point area of North County. He died at a hospital.

Daniel Hughes, 27

April 22, 2024 • Wells-Goodfellow • St. Louis city

Daniel Hughes was fatally shot in the 1600 block of Hamilton Avenue.

Simeon Diaz, 21

April 22, 2024 • Greater Ville • St. Louis city

Simeon Diaz was shot in the 4400 block of Elmbank Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Demetrius Bush, 53

April 21, 2024 • Mark Twain/I-70 Industrial • St. Louis city

Officers found a man shot dead inside a car in the city's Mark Twain I-70 Industrial neighborhood.

Unknown, 29

April 19, 2024 • Jeff-Vander-Lou • St. Louis city

A 29-year-old man was killed in a shooting Friday night in the city's Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood

Cortez Jackson, 29

April 18, 2024 • Skinker-DeBaliviere • St. Louis city

Officers were called just after 2 a.m. Thursday to the 6100 block of Delmar Boulevard, police said. They found Cortez Jackson, 29, shot dead.

Detarius Haynes, 26

April 16, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

A Ferguson police officer was walking out of the QuikTrip and heard gunshots, police said. He saw Joshua Campbell, 18, shooting at 26-year-old Detarius Haynes. The officer fired his service weapon at Campbell and hit him, police said. Both men died at the scene.

Elizabeth Colletta, 55

April 15, 2024 • Tower Grove South • St. Louis city

Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. to a shooting near Hartford Street and Bent Avenue in Tower Grove South, police said. They found 55-year-old Elizabeth Colletta shot dead on a porch.

Unknown

April 14, 2024 • Belleville • St. Clair County

A woman was shot and killed in Belleville on Sunday night. Police responded just before 11:15 p.m. to the first block of Ben Louis Drive for a domestic disturbance. A woman was unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound when police arrived, and she was later pronounced dead.

Bryan Boyle, 35

April 13, 2024 • Vandeventer • St. Louis city

Police on Tuesday identified the man found shot multiple times in his car just after 2 p.m. on Saturday in the city's Vandeventer neighborhood. Bryan Boyle, 35, was found at Page Boulevard and North Sarah Street, police said. He was in the driver's seat of a sedan and had been shot in his torso.

Unknown, 21

April 9, 2024 • Midtown • St. Louis city

A man was shot and killed in the city's Midtown neighborhood near the Saint Louis University campus.

Larrion Beckton, 19

April 9, 2024 • College Hill • St. Louis city

Police on Tuesday identified the teenager shot and killed early Sunday in the city's College Hill neighborhood near O'Fallon Park as Larrion Beckton.

Manuel L. Gee, 22

April 7, 2024 • Florissant • St. Louis County

Prosecutors say Manuel L. Gee, 22, was shot and killed by Latera Martin, of St. Louis, outside a Quality Inn in Florissant.

Unknown, 19

April 7, 2024 • College Hill • St. Louis city

St. Louis police say they received multiple calls for a shooting just after midnight in the 4500 block of Blair Avenue in north St. Louis. Authorities said when they arrived they found evidence of a shooting but no victim. Then police received a call for a shooting victim at an area hospital, and the man was pronounced dead.

Renn Hudson, 31

April 6, 2024 • Riverview • St. Louis city

St. Louis police say the man was driving with his girlfriend, 29, when an argument broke out just before midnight. The man pulled into North Riverfront Park and began assaulting the woman by repeatedly punching her in the face and choking her while on top of her. The woman then pulled out a knife and stabbed him, police said. He was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Unknown

April 1, 2024 • Wells-Goodfellow • St. Louis city

A man died nine days after he was assaulted April 1 in the city's Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.

Amora Brown, 25

March 30, 2024 • Tower Grove East • St. Louis city

A 25-year-old woman has died after she was shot in the chest and arm early Saturday morning in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of St. Louis city.

Desi C. Triplett Jr., 22

March 30, 2024 • East St. Louis • St. Clair County

A man died Saturday in a double shooting in East St. Louis, according to state police. Two people were shot Saturday evening on the 600 block of North 68th Street, police said. One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was transported to an area hospital. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the deceased victim as 22-year-old Desi C. Triplett Jr.

Unknown

March 26, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

Authorities charged a Dutchtown man on Thursday with shooting and killing a man this week.

Davion Lanear, 18

March 24, 2024 • Bellefontaine Neighbors • St. Louis County

Police on Tuesday identified the 18-year-old man who was shot and killed late Sunday in north St. Louis County as Davion Lanear.

Tremain Purnell, 29

March 24, 2024 • Moline Acres • St. Louis County

Police found 29-year-old Tremain Purnell inside a car that had crashed into a tree, police said. He had been shot multiple times.

Daniel L. Nunn, 19

March 23, 2024 • Cahokia Heights • St. Clair County

Daniel L. Nunn was found fatally shot in Cahokia Heights near Melvin Drive and Lazarcheff Drive.

Lawrence A. Clark, 15

March 20, 2024 • Pagedale • St. Louis County

Lawrence A. Clark was killed around 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Purdue Avenue, according to a news release of the Major Case Squad.

Unknown

March 17, 2024 • Ballwin • St. Louis County

Officers were called for a report of domestic violence about 1 a.m. to 177 Spring Leigh Court, Ballwin police Officer Mark Reckert said.

Frederick Anthony Sims, 58

March 16, 2024 • Pagedale • St. Louis County

A Florissant man was shot to death at a birthday party in Pagedale over the weekend in a dispute involving his wife, authorities allege.

Payton Winston, 48

March 13, 2024 • O'Fallon • St. Louis city

A woman on Wednesday evening was shot dead on the border of the O'Fallon and Penrose neighborhoods in north St. Louis.

Unknown

March 11, 2024 • Berkeley • St. Louis County

Two people were killed in a shooting on a Metro bus Monday afternoon in Berkeley.

Unknown

March 11, 2024 • Berkeley • St. Louis County

Two people were killed in a shooting on a Metro bus Monday afternoon in Berkeley.

Eugene Stapleton, 39

March 10, 2024 • Academy • St. Louis city

The victim, in his 30s, was found on the parking lot of the Crown Food Mart, 1451 North Kingshighway.

Chelsea Case, 36

March 9, 2024 • Forest Park Southeast • St. Louis city

Police found a woman, 37, dead in a home in the 4400 block of Gibson Avenue.

Harris Kratzer, 42

March 9, 2024 • Forest Park Southeast • St. Louis city

Police found a man, 42, shot in the chest, on the sidewalk at Arco and South Newstead avenues, about two blocks north of the bars and restaurants on Manchester Avenue, in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Jeremiah Latimore, 22

March 8, 2024 • Flordell Hills • St. Louis County

A man was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the Flordell Hills area.

Unknown

March 7, 2024 • Bevo Mill • St. Louis city

Police said they suspect the two people found dead in a south city home last week were killed in a murder-suicide.

Unknown

March 5, 2024 • Mark Twain • St. Louis city

A man died early Tuesday after he was shot several times in the city's Mark Twain neighborhood.

Malcolm Weaver Jr., 30

March 4, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

A QuikTrip security guard was shot and another person killed while the two were struggling for the guard's gun early Monday in the Dutchtown gas station.

Brittany Richie, 26

March 3, 2024 • Jeff-Vander-Lou • St. Louis city

Marissa Lewis, 28, told police she acted in self-defense when she fatally shot 26-year-old Brittany Richie on Sunday in the 2900 block of Thomas Street.

Jarvis Person, 39

Feb. 29, 2024 • Unincorporated • Jefferson County

A 20-year-old man on Thursday night shot and killed another man who police said was assaulting a woman. Jarvis Person, 39, died after being shot in the 800 block of Matthews Drive.

Unknown

Feb. 29, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

Ferguson police responding to a report of shots fired found the victim in the driver’s seat of a car in the 300 block of South Harvey Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds.

Amarnath Ghosh

Feb. 27, 2024 • Academy • St. Louis city

Officers were called to Delmar Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue. They found the man who had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Geanard Howard, 49

Feb. 22, 2024 • Central West End • St. Louis city

Police on Saturday identified a man fatally shot days earlier while breaking into a historic Masonic Lodge. Geanard Howard, 48, of St. Louis was killed shortly before 4 a.m. Feb. 22 by an occupant of the Tuscan Masonic Lodge at 5015 Westminster Place.

Unknown, 37

Feb. 21, 2024 • Central West End • St. Louis city

A man breaking into a historic Masonic Lodge here early Wednesday was fatally shot by an occupant of the building.

Millie Spader, 2

Feb. 19, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

A fire that killed a woman and her four children in Ferguson was a murder-suicide, police said. The mother set a mattress on fire in the house, and the five were found dead of smoke inhalation.

Jackson Spader, 6

Feb. 19, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

A fire that killed a woman and her four children in Ferguson was a murder-suicide, police said. The mother set a mattress on fire in the house, and the five were found dead of smoke inhalation.

Ivy Pruessner, 9

Feb. 19, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

A fire that killed a woman and her four children in Ferguson was a murder-suicide, police said. The mother set a mattress on fire in the house, and the five were found dead of smoke inhalation.

Ellie Pruessner, 9

Feb. 19, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

A fire that killed a woman and her four children in Ferguson was a murder-suicide, police said. The mother set a mattress on fire in the house, and the five were found dead of smoke inhalation.

Unknown, 38

Feb. 17, 2024 • Fountain Park • St. Louis city

Police said on Friday a man who was shot last weekend in the city's Fountain Park neighborhood has died. The 38-year-old man was shot in the back and head just before 8:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at 900 N. Kingshighway Blvd., police said.

James Teague Jr., 34

Feb. 15, 2024 • Riverview • St. Louis city

Officers were called about 7 p.m. to the 200 block of Chambers Road by a ShotSpotter activation, police said. They found James Teague Jr., who had been shot, police said. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

Richard Anderson, 33

Feb. 14, 2024 • O'Fallon • St. Louis city

Richard Anderson, 33, was shot and killed just before 12:30 a.m. in the 4100 block of Turner Avenue. Police found him lying in the street, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Johannis Tamene, 18

Feb. 13, 2024 • Downtown • St. Louis city

Medics found Johannis Tamene, 18, about 10:40 p.m. in the 3400 block of Chippewa Street, police said. He had been shot in the chest.

Mitch Maness, 35

Feb. 12, 2024 • Carondelet • St. Louis city

Officers were called about 10 a.m. to the 700 block of Rio Silva Place, police said. They found Mitch Maness' decomposing body inside the home.

Jeffrey Holmes, 42

Feb. 10, 2024 • Midtown • St. Louis city

Jeffrey Holmes, 42, was shot just after 2 p.m. Friday inside The Loft apartments in the 3100 block of Olive Street. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Cherish Lappin, 35

Feb. 6, 2024 • Carr Square • St. Louis city

A woman dropped off near downtown St. Louis with wounds from an apparent beating has died.

Bradford L. Readus, 22

Feb. 6, 2024 • Cahokia Heights • St. Clair County

A 22-year-old Memphis, Tennessee, man was shot and killed here. Officers were called around 1 p.m. to a home in the 700 block of Mildred Avenue. They found Bradford L. Readus had been shot.

Tyree Williams, 16

Feb. 5, 2024 • Unincorporated (Oakville) • St. Louis County

Two teenagers were killed in a triple shooting near an apartment complex in the Oakville area of south St. Louis County.

Colin Courtwright, 15

Feb. 5, 2024 • Unincorporated (Oakville) • St. Louis County

Two teenagers were killed in a triple shooting near an apartment complex in the Oakville area of south St. Louis County.

Darryl Allen Shannon, 47

Feb. 3, 2024 • Ferguson • St. Louis County

Police responded to Forestwood Park on Ferguson Avenue. Officers found 47-year-old Darryl Allen Shannon, of Jennings, with injuries in the parking lot.

Shanchez Jordan, 40

Feb. 3, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

Officers responded shortly before 9 p.m. to the 3300 block of Gasconade Street where they found Shanchez Jordan with a gunshot wound to the head.

Rashad Redd

Feb. 2, 2024 • Overland • St. Louis County

The shooting happened outside the STL On The Rocks Bar and Grill in Overland. Two people were taken to a local hospital. One of them, Rashad Redd, was pronounced dead.

Tyra Pace, 44

Feb. 2, 2024 • Jeff-Vander-Lou • St. Louis city

Police responded just before 5 p.m. to the 1700 block of Vandeventer Avenue, where they found the 44-year-old Tyra Pace shot. She was not conscious or breathing, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anthony Jefferson, 32

Feb. 2, 2024 • Kingsway East • St. Louis city

A man was shot and killed early Friday in the city's Kingsway East neighborhood.

Kathleen Leverenz, 62

Feb. 1, 2024 • Unincorporated (Lemay) • St. Louis County

Authorities say Kathleen Leverenz' husband had choked her and hit her with a hammer "several times."

Jeremy West, 39

Feb. 1, 2024 • North Pointe • St. Louis city

Officers found a man in the street who had been shot in the head, police said.

Dwayne Gibbs, 18

Jan. 31, 2024 • Gravois Park • St. Louis city

Officers found Dwayne Gibbs, 18, shortly after 10 p.m. in the 3400 block of California Avenue, police said. He had been shot multiple times.

Chad Duren, 43

Jan. 31, 2024 • Near North Riverfront • St. Louis city

One man died in a double shooting in the city's Near North Riverfront neighborhood.

Tawan Ward, 25

Jan. 28, 2024 • Downtown West • St. Louis city

A man was killed in a shooting early Sunday in St. Louis' Downtown West neighborhood, police said. Tawan Ward, 25, was fatally shot shortly before 5:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Pine Street.

Harley Branscomb, 22

Jan. 28, 2024 • Downtown • St. Louis city

Harley Branscomb, 22, was found fatally shot early Sunday on the Missouri side of the Eads Bridge, police said. Police believe the man was shot while in a car elsewhere in St. Louis before making his way to the bridge, spokesperson Evita Caldwell said.

Josiah Robinson, 22

Jan. 28, 2024 • West End • St. Louis city

A double shooting in St. Louis' West End neighborhood has left one person dead and another critically injured. Police said the two male victims were shot about 10 p.m. Sunday near Cates Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard. One died at a hospital after being shot multiple times.

Isaiah Walker, 16

Jan. 27, 2024 • Unincorporated • St. Louis County

Isaiah Walker, 16, died days after being shot.

Unknown

Jan. 25, 2024 • Baden • St. Louis city

Officers were called to the 8900 block of Annetta Street just after 5 p.m., police said. They found a man in a car who had been shot.

George O. Long, 74

Jan. 23, 2024 • Beverly Hills • St. Louis County

Police were called last week for a welfare check in the 7000 block of Hunter Avenue in Beverly Hills, and they found George O. Long with multiple injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Paul Hubbard, 55

Jan. 23, 2024 • Kingsway West • St. Louis city

Heather Reynolds, 47, was found dead with 55-year-old Paul Hubbard just after 1 p.m. Tuesday inside a home in the 5200 block of Paulian Place, in the city's Kingsway West neighborhood. Both had suffered head trauma, police said.

Heather Reynolds, 47

Jan. 23, 2024 • Kingsway West • St. Louis city

Heather Reynolds, 47, was found dead with 55-year-old Paul Hubbard just after 1 p.m. Tuesday inside a home in the 5200 block of Paulian Place, in the city's Kingsway West neighborhood. Both had suffered head trauma, police said.

Lavincent Robinson, 15

Jan. 22, 2024 • Penrose • St. Louis city

Police on Thursday identified the teenager who was killed in the city's Downtown West neighborhood. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Lucas Avenue, police said. Lavincent Robinson, 15, had been shot and taken by someone to Cardinal Glennon Hospital, police said. Homicide detectives were called to investigate.

Rion Robinson, 39

Jan. 19, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

Rion Robinson, 39, was found dead in the 5200 block of South Grand Boulevard, in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood.

Unknown, 39

Jan. 19, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

Man's death in the Dutchtown neighborhood is reclassified as a homicide.

Robert Lockette, 67

Jan. 16, 2024 • Penrose • St. Louis city

A man was shot and killed in the city's Penrose neighborhood.

Keila Buckner, 25

Jan. 14, 2024 • Jennings • St. Louis County

A woman was shot and killed in a liquor store in Jennings by a man she came to the store with.

Dennis Maguire, 63

Jan. 12, 2024 • Dutchtown • St. Louis city

A man on was shot and killed in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood.

Unknown

Jan. 11, 2024 • Troy • Lincoln County

A woman was found dead inside the house in the 100 block of Melody Lane just before 1 a.m., police said.

Michael Williams, 46

Jan. 11, 2024 • Columbus Square • St. Louis city

ST. LOUIS — A 46-year-old man was killed and another man was injured Thursday evening in a shooting in the city's Columbus Square neighborhood.

Samuel Butler, 44

Jan. 11, 2024 • Jeff-Vander-Lou • St. Louis city

A man was shot and killed around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the city's Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.

Freddie Tribbitt, 46

Jan. 9, 2024 • Unincorporated (Castle Point) • St. Louis County

A man was found dead in a house after a fire broke out in the 10500 block of Baron Drive in the Castle Point area. Firefighters extinguished the fire and found the man dead inside the home.

Markell Byrd, 30

Jan. 8, 2024 • Fairground • St. Louis city

A St. Louis man was shot to death near Fairground Park on Monday night. Markell Byrd was found dead in the 3700 block of Kossuth Avenue.

Donnell Witherspoon, 21

Jan. 6, 2024 • Baden • St. Louis city

Police found 21-year-old Donnell Witherspoon in a grassy area near a parking lot in the 8300 block of Dickman Park Road. He had been shot in the head.

Michael Rice, 27

Jan. 6, 2024 • West End • St. Louis city

Michael Rice was found fatally shot in the stomach near the sidewalk in the 5500 block of Page Boulevard. Rice lived on that same block.

Jaimarcus McDaniel, 17

Jan. 6, 2024 • Jennings • St. Louis County

The teenage boy shot to death over the weekend in Jennings has been identified as 17-year-old Jaimarcus McDaniel. Jaimarcus was found fatally shot in a field near Memorial Park Cemetery.

Andre T. Hawkins, 34

Jan. 3, 2024 • Alton • Madison County

Andre T. Hawkins, 34, was discovered around in a wooded area around Lincoln Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds.

Daijion Miller, 28

Jan. 2, 2024 • Moline Acres • St. Louis County

Police were called for a shooting and found Daijion Miller, 28, in the 2400 block of Chambers Road just after 6:30 p.m. He had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Stacy Durham, 55

Jan. 1, 2024 • Moline Acres • St. Louis County

A man was shot and killed early Monday in Moline Acres.

Keith Usery, 44

Jan. 1, 2024 • Dellwood • St. Louis County

Police said they were called to the home on South Schlueter Avenue a little before 7 p.m. They found Keith Usery, who had been shot several times and died at the scene.