On Sunday, May 23, 2021, 36-year-old Damand Lee Wright was shot in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of St. Louis while in the 4300 block of California Avenue. The shooting occurred in the afternoon around 2:00 p.m.; Wright suffered gunshot wounds to his torso and hand and went to a local hospital, where he later died that day.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department identified Wright as the victim and homicide detectives took over the inquiry. Reports available after the shooting gave few details about what led to the gunfire, and no arrests or named suspects had been announced. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the homicide division or submit anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers.

Did anyone in Mount Pleasant on May 23, 2021, see or hear anything that could help investigators?