On April 5, 2021, 17-year-old Joseph Williams was shot and later died after police found him inside a wrecked vehicle at the intersection of Goodfellow Boulevard and McLaran Avenue in the North Pointe neighborhood of Saint-Louis, Missouri. Officers arrived after a report of a shooting and a vehicle crash around 2:15 PM; Williams was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The same afternoon, police discovered 20-year-old Mykal Taylor dead from gunshot wounds inside a home on Coleridge Drive in Jennings. Two other young men were also found shot in a car at a gas station less than a mile away. Authorities said they did not immediately find evidence linking the incidents.

No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced as the investigation continues. If anyone saw activity around Goodfellow Boulevard, McLaran Avenue, Coleridge Drive, or the nearby gas station that afternoon, please share what was seen with investigators.