A late afternoon shooting on Saturday, January 29, 2022, in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis left three young men dead and a fourth critically injured. Around 3:35 p.m. in the 4900 block of Cote Brilliante Avenue, gunfire struck 21-year-old Davion Rayford, 18-year-old Armaud Green, and 22-year-old Jeremiah Curry. Green and Curry were found dead in or near a parked car; Rayford was transported to a hospital but succumbed to his wounds. A fourth man, 20, was critically injured but managed to flee and seek help at a nearby convenience store.

Police recovered two firearms and suspected narcotics at the scene, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation. In the immediate aftermath investigators had no suspects and no arrests were announced. The shootings were the city’s first triple homicide in six months, and the losses deeply affected the community. If anyone knew the victims or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward to assist the investigation.