On the night of July 27, 2020, 28-year-old Xavien Brooks was fatally shot near the intersection of Temple Place and Page Boulevard on the border of Saint Louis’s Hamilton Heights and West End neighborhoods. Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at 11:47 p.m. and found a chaotic scene. Brooks was transported to a hospital but died of his injuries; a woman who had been with him was shot in the back, conscious and breathing, and taken to a hospital.

Investigators processed the scene and placed at least ten evidence markers, indicating a significant exchange of gunfire. The department’s homicide division is handling the matter. No arrests or suspect identifications have been announced and the investigation remains open.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything near Temple Place and Page Boulevard that night?