Callion Barnes, 29, was killed in a double shooting shortly after 11:00 p.m. on September 1, 2021. The shooting took place in the 10000 block of Duke Drive in the Castle Point neighborhood of north St. Louis County. Officers responding after a ShotSpotter activation found two adult men with gunshot wounds; both were taken to area hospitals. Barnes died of his injuries. The other man was reported in critical condition with life-threatening wounds.

Barnes lived on Bridgevale Avenue in St. Louis. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives investigated the incident and identified a suspect, who was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, and resisting arrest.

If anyone in Castle Point that night saw or heard anything that could help, please share what is known with investigators.