On the night of January 22, 2021, gunfire was reported in the 5200 block of Tennessee Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood of south St. Louis. Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department found a man inside a residence with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified as 40-year-old Charles Cann-Hanson, who lived on the same block where he was killed.

The city’s homicide division opened an investigation into the shooting. Authorities asked the community in the days afterward to contact the homicide division or CrimeStoppers with any information that could help the investigation.

If anyone knew Charles Cann-Hanson or saw activity near Tennessee Avenue on the evening of January 22, 2021, please contact the homicide division or CrimeStoppers with what you remember.