A family dispute in the front courtyard of an apartment complex in north St. Louis County ended in homicide on the morning of September 20, 2020. Around 10:39 a.m. in the 7300 block of Burrwood Drive at Lucas Hunt Village, 25-year-old Demarcus Vintrea Davis, a Black man and Florissant resident, was shot during a heated argument with family members and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 43-year-old man who was a family member of Davis was taken into custody at the apartment complex in connection with the shooting. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons led the investigation, and at the time of initial reports the suspect had not yet been formally charged.

If anyone witnessed the argument or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what you know.