Demetrius Molton, 39, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle in the 5900 block of Ferris Avenue in the Walnut Park East neighborhood of Saint Louis on March 29, 2020. Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department located him after a call for a shooting; he was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries. The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The homicide unit of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened the investigation and asked the public for information. Police initially reported no identified suspects or motive, and no arrests have been announced. Few other details about the shooting or the timeline leading up to it have been released.

If anyone has information about what happened to Demetrius Molton that morning or observed activity on Ferris Avenue that could help investigators, please share what is known.