On the early morning of May 1, 2021, 41-year-old Joel David Boyd was found in a vacant lot in the 3700 block of Penrose Street in the Fairground neighborhood of St. Louis, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers arrived after a 4:30 a.m. call; Boyd was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives opened an investigation. Initial reports named two men as suspected participants but gave no public descriptions or identities.

Family and friends remembered Boyd by nicknames including 2 cool. Funeral services were arranged through Ronald L. Jones Funeral Chapels, with a visitation and Celebration of Life held later that month and burial at Oakdale Cemetery.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Penrose Street that morning, please share what is known.