On the evening of October 18, 2021, 53-year-old Dexter Pitts was found inside his home in the O’Fallon neighborhood of St. Louis with a gunshot wound to his torso. Paramedics arrived just before 9:30 p.m. and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he later died from the injury. The single gunshot wound was described as severe; police opened a homicide investigation soon after his death.

Authorities have released few details about the circumstances of the shooting. No information about a possible motive, persons of interest, or any arrests has been provided. If anyone has information about Dexter Pitts or the events that night, please share what is known with the St. Louis police.