In the early hours of August 7, 2020, Keena Dyson, a 35-year-old Black / African American man from East St. Louis, Illinois, was shot and killed in St. Louis, Missouri. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. in the parking lot of a BP gas station on East Grand Boulevard in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. Dyson sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers found a car riddled with bullet holes and more than 40 evidence markers across the parking lot, and investigators determined shots had been fired inside the gas station as well. The city recorded this as its 160th homicide of the year. The same gas station had been the scene of other violent incidents in the weeks before Dyson’s death, including a separate shooting that left a man in serious condition and an instance of shots fired into a crowd from a passing vehicle that injured a woman.

A suspect, 28-year-old Lidell Yates, was arrested and charged with the murder after reports said he allegedly boasted about involvement in the killing. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Keena Dyson, please share tips with authorities.