On the evening of May 6, 2020, a shooting at a home in the 10000 block of Sheffingdell in north St. Louis County left 55-year-old Lieutenant Ricky Carter dead. He was found inside the residence with a gunshot wound and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities noted that Lieutenant was his legal first name and that he was not a law enforcement officer.

Investigators focused on a family member as a suspect. Carter’s 28-year-old daughter, Christine Taylor, was taken into custody; police say she hid the firearm used after the shooting. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Taylor with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, and a judge set bond at $100,000 cash-only. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons handled the investigation.

Are there readers who knew Ricky Carter or have information about what led to this shooting?