On June 18, 2020, Damonte McClendon, a 17-year-old Black male, was shot and killed in the North St. Louis neighborhood near Fairground Park. Officers responded around 12:45 a.m. to reports of gunfire at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Clay Avenue. McClendon was found lying in the street beside his vehicle with fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other 17-year-olds were with McClendon when the shooting occurred; they were not physically injured. Why the group was at that location or what led to the shooting was unclear in the immediate aftermath. Louis Metropolitan Police Department have not shown any major breakthroughs or arrests linked to McClendon’s murder, and investigators continued to seek leads.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what happened at Lexington and Clay avenues, please share what you know.