Laron Martin, 26, was fatally shot at a Circle K gas station in the Patch neighborhood of south St. Louis on the evening of December 27, 2020. He was a resident of the 200 block of Kingston Drive in south St. Louis County and was at the station just before 6:00 p.m. when the shooting occurred. First responders arrived soon after but Martin had already died at the scene.

His death was recorded as St. Louis’s 260th homicide for 2020, part of a year marked by a sharp rise in gun violence; a teenager had been killed a block away three days earlier. Public reports have provided few details about suspects or motives, and no arrests or charges in the case have been prominently announced. The investigation remains open.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at the Circle K or has information about Martin’s death, please share what is known with investigators.