A shooting in the early hours of Monday, May 17, 2021, left 32-year-old Jacquita Jordan dead in the O’Fallon neighborhood of St. Louis. Jordan, an African American woman known to friends as 7 Woman, was found unresponsive in the 4200 block of Clay Avenue near Penrose Street and just north of Fairground Park. She had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene; the homicide was listed as the city’s 72nd that year.

Homicide detectives canvassed the residential area for witnesses and searched for surveillance evidence, but immediate details about what led up to the shooting were scarce. Jordan’s son and close friends later posted online memorials describing her as a complex but beloved figure. No arrests or named suspects have been publicly reported, and the case appears to remain unsolved.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything in that area the morning of May 17, 2021?