A routine neighborhood dispute over grass clippings in the Glasgow Village area of St. Louis County ended in the death of 29-year-old Allen Waller in June 2021. Waller returned from shopping with his family and confronted landscapers who had been leaving yard debris in his driveway. Ring doorbell footage shows the landscaper and two men being escorted to Waller’s front door by a neighbor; Waller led them to the side of the house, an area not covered by the camera, and shots were fired shortly afterward. Waller was pronounced dead at the scene from at least one gunshot wound.

The landscaper who fired said he acted in self-defense, claiming Waller pulled a gun and threatened one of the landscaper’s brothers; the landscaper and brothers said they had been warned the neighbor had seen Waller brandish a firearm during earlier arguments. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced it would not charge the landscaper, calling the shooting self-defense, and a grand jury declined to indict on manslaughter. Waller’s family described his death as a senseless act of violence; his fiancée remembered him as a loving father and a construction worker.

Did anyone in Glasgow Village see or hear anything that day that might clarify what happened at the side of the house?