Jakobe Bass was 19 when he was killed in Maplewood, Missouri, on the afternoon of February 8, 2022. Police found him in a parking lot in the 2600 block of Bellevue Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later died. The city’s first gun-related homicide in over a decade shocked the community.

Investigators with the Maplewood Police Department and the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis determined Bass had been shot more than 30 times, and that the assailants drove over his body afterward. Surveillance footage tied a maroon Toyota Sienna minivan to the attack; the vehicle was later recovered. Three people were identified in connection with the killing. One suspect, Aeshon Loggins, received a 20-year sentence and another person received four years; the third was a juvenile at the time and may not face charges. Bass’s mother, Samica Sandelbach, said the encounter could have been a robbery but instead became murder, and she called the sentences inadequate.

If anyone knew Jakobe, saw activity around Bellevue Avenue that afternoon, or has information about the case, please share what is known.