On the morning of Saturday, September 11, 2021, the body of 30-year-old Demon Higgins was found in the 4100 block of Finney Avenue in St. Louis’ Vandeventer neighborhood. Responding officials pronounced him dead at the scene after he was discovered just after 9:30 a.m. with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso and visible blood around him.

Investigators believe the shooting occurred the night before, around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021. Evidence indicates Higgins was wounded during a shooting about one block away in the 4100 block of C.D. Banks Avenue. Two 19-year-olds, a male and a female, were also injured in that incident and were taken to a hospital; both refused to identify a third shooting victim who had been shot and left the scene, which delayed discovery of Higgins until the next morning.

No specific arrests had been announced. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division was asking anyone with information to contact detectives or submit anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers. Does anyone in the area have information about the shooting or those involved?