In the early morning hours of April 3, 2021, Kanoy Danielle Clark, a 34-year-old African American woman, was found with a critical gunshot wound to the chest on the 3800 block of Louisiana Avenue in the Dutchtown neighborhood of South St. Louis. Officers arrived at about 7:30 a.m.; Clark was conscious and breathing but unresponsive and was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died.

Detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Investigators identified a suspect, and on April 29, 2021, police arrested Vincent Gianino. The Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Gianino with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

If anyone in Dutchtown that morning saw activity on or near the 3800 block of Louisiana Avenue or has information about Clark’s movements, please come forward.