On the evening of April 8, 2020, 27-year-old Thomas Young, a Black man, was dropped off at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis with a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead after medical efforts, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Police were notified that Young arrived at the hospital at 9:21 p.m., but the location where the shooting occurred was not immediately known. Investigators publicly asked for help and circulated contact information for the Homicide Division and CrimeStoppers, but no specific location for the shooting or a motive was released.

Anyone who knew Thomas Young or has information about where or how he was shot is asked to contact the St. Louis police Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.