Lamont R. Pickens, 31, was shot and killed in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood on October 25, 2021. Police were dispatched after a shots fired call at about 12:05 a.m. and found him on the 2700 block of Hadley Street with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has not publicly identified any suspects or announced arrests, and authorities have not released a motive or further circumstances. His family published an obituary remembering him to friends and the community.

If anyone in Old North St. Louis that night saw anything on or near Hadley Street around midnight on October 25, 2021, please come forward with information.