A late-night argument in St. Louis turned deadly when 31-year-old Blaine Buchanan was shot and killed. The confrontation occurred around 4:00 a.m. on January 30, 2021, in the 4700 block of South Grand Boulevard in the Dutchtown neighborhood. What began as a verbal dispute escalated into a physical struggle during which a gunshot struck Buchanan in the torso. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries.

Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 32-year-old man at the scene, and the department’s Homicide Division opened an investigation to determine how the encounter unfolded.

Did anyone in Dutchtown on January 30, 2021, see or hear anything that could clarify what sparked the fight or what happened during the struggle?