On February 22, 2020, 6-year-old David Birchfield III was fatally shot while a passenger in a car at the intersection of North Euclid and Highland avenues in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis. He was with his mother, her boyfriend, and three sisters when an unknown assailant or assailants opened fire on the vehicle.

David and his 9-year-old sister were struck; the children were taken to a nearby children’s hospital where David was pronounced dead and his sister was listed in critical condition but expected to survive. A 7-year-old girl and the two adults in the car were not physically injured. Law enforcement opened a homicide investigation and canvassed the neighborhood, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help the family and investigators, please come forward.