On the evening of May 21, 2020, Clarence White III, 43, was found inside a vehicle in the 4200 block of St. Ferdinand Avenue in the Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, fatally shot. Tommie L. Jones Jr. was also in the vehicle and died from gunshot wounds; both were pronounced dead at the scene in what the police described as a double homicide.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division opened an investigation and appealed for information; details about the circumstances of the shooting were scarce in the immediate aftermath and no arrests have been publicly announced. The community was left mourning while detectives continued to seek leads.

If anyone saw activity in the 4200 block of St. Ferdinand Avenue on May 21, 2020, or has information about these killings, please come forward to assist the investigation.