On the afternoon of March 8, 2021, 14-year-old Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. was riding a bicycle in the 1100 block of Hodiamont Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Saint-Louis when two people approached him at about 5:20 p.m. Surveillance footage shows Kathon being pushed from his bike and thrown to the ground. As he lay on the pavement, one of the assailants fired a single shot into the back of his head, killing him instantly.

After the shooting, the two suspects took marijuana from Kathon’s pocket and fled in a white Mercedes. An 11-year-old friend who had ridden away to get help returned to find Kathon deceased and later helped identify one of the suspects. A grand jury indictment returned in April 2024 named James Jamel Blake and Omarion Chantez Mays; Blake was charged with first-degree murder and other counts, and Mays, who was 16 at the time of the killing, faced separate charges.

Did anyone in the West End at the time see Kathon or the white Mercedes near Hodiamont Avenue on March 8, 2021?