On the afternoon of December 1, 2021, a shooting in Jennings, Missouri, left 18-year-old Jaivyon Hudson dead. Officers responded about 3:57 p.m. to the 2700 block of Solway Avenue and found Hudson suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the front seat of a vehicle. Emergency personnel pronounced him deceased at the scene.

Hudson was a resident of the 3100 block of Kemp Drive in St. Louis. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives opened a homicide investigation and described it as very active in the days that followed; investigators did not immediately release information about suspects or a motive and no arrests were reported at that time.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could assist investigators, contact the St. Louis County Police Department or submit an anonymous tip to CrimeStoppers.