On the morning of September 21, 2019, officers in St. Louis responded to a reported shooting in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. At about 11:13 a.m. first responders found 27-year-old Benjamin Alvin Davis Jr. lying in an alley in the 5800 block of Highland Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation into Davis’s death. Initial reports did not provide a motive or identify any shooters, and no arrests were announced in those first updates. Anyone with information was urged to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.

If anyone in the Wells-Goodfellow area that morning recalls unusual activity or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.