Elliott Anthony Massey was 29 when he was found fatally shot inside a residence on the 4200 block of John Avenue in Saint-Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, September 22, 2019. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Within days investigators identified a suspect. Demario S. Bass, 28 and from St. Louis, was taken into custody and charged by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Authorities say the shooting grew out of a verbal altercation between Massey and Bass rather than being random; Bass was held without bond after his arrest.

The case was under criminal proceedings as the community and Massey’s family sought answers. Does anyone have information about Elliott Massey, his activities on September 22, 2019, or the events on John Avenue that day?