A block party in Kinloch that drew nearly 200 people on the 5500 block of Mable Avenue turned deadly on the evening of May 7, 2021. Gunfire erupted at the gathering; when it ended five men had been shot and three were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Two of the wounded did not survive. Eddie Wilkerson, 38, of unincorporated St. Louis County, and 18-year-old Montrez Hughes were pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital.

The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons investigated the shooting and identified two suspects. Authorities charged 31-year-old Arttavis Farrell and 19-year-old Akeem Sims each with two counts of murder for the deaths of Wilkerson and Hughes, plus three counts of assault, six counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.

If anyone attended that block party or has information about the shooting, can you share what you saw or heard that night?