Laveasha Houston, 44, was fatally shot on the evening of December 17, 2021, inside her Hyde Park residence in St. Louis, Missouri. The home was in the 1500 block of Agnes Street. Houston was on the second floor watching television when gunfire from outside struck her; she later died of a gunshot wound.

Her husband, who was in the house, heard the shots and reported seeing a man flee. Investigators say the shots were fired from the exterior into the occupied dwelling. The suspect was identified as 25-year-old Tony Cross Jr., who had previously dated Houston’s daughter; witnesses and evidence placed him at the scene and he was arrested and charged in connection with the killing.

Does anyone in the Hyde Park area remember unusual activity on Agnes Street that night or have information about the shooting?