On the night of February 25, 2022, 21-year-old Cincere Ford was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Liquor Doctor in the 8300 block of Airport Road in Berkeley, St. Louis County, Missouri. Officers arrived just after 10:00 p.m. and found Ford and another person inside a vehicle, both with multiple gunshot wounds. Ford died at a nearby hospital; the other victim survived with critical injuries.

Investigators used surveillance footage showing a 2019 Nissan Altima draw alongside the victims’ car and the driver open fire. The Altima fled and struck another vehicle in the lot; damage to that vehicle matched a car later found with the suspect. The surviving passenger identified the shooter, helping narrow the investigation.

Police arrested Devon Gibson and prosecutors charged him in March 2022 with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, multiple counts of armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm, noting he was a convicted felon who had come to the scene intending to target the vehicle. In July 2023 Gibson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree assault and weapons violations; sentencing was scheduled to follow.

Did anyone witness that night or have information about the Altima or its movements before and after the shooting?