Clenelle ’CJ’ Johnson, 56, was shot and killed on October 28, 2019, while working on a rehabilitation project in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis. Johnson, a general contractor and owner of Major League Construction, had walked to a nearby property in the 1000 block of Bates Street to ask for paid help moving materials. The homeowner, 43-year-old Kevin A. Patrick, was living in the house while remodeling it.

According to testimony later introduced at trial, Patrick said he was startled when Johnson entered and announced himself. Patrick, who was armed and appeared intoxicated at the scene, fired multiple shots that fatally wounded Johnson. Police recovered two firearms and Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. Patrick was arrested and charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, armed criminal action, and possession of a loaded weapon while intoxicated; his defense raised Missouri’s Castle Doctrine and claimed self-defense, including testimony that Johnson may have picked up a hammer during the confrontation and that DNA evidence was found on the tool.

Who knew CJ or was in that Carondelet area on October 28, 2019, and can share more about his work or movements that day?