On the late night of September 25, 2021, gunfire erupted on Interstate 70 near the Madison Street exit in Saint Louis. Officers found 27-year-old Kala Taylor inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; she was taken to a hospital and died the next day. A 29-year-old man in the same vehicle was also shot and taken to the hospital in a private vehicle, listed in critical but stable condition. Three other occupants escaped without physical injuries.

Police opened a homicide investigation but initially released no motive and identified no suspects. No arrests or public identifications connected to Taylor’s death have been announced. The community and Taylor’s family continue to seek answers about what happened that night. If anyone witnessed the shooting on I-70 near Madison Street or has information, please come forward to investigators.