A 14-year-old boy, Ien Coleman, was found fatally shot inside a first-floor apartment at the Riverview Park Place complex in the 10000 block of Toelle Lane in North St. Louis County on the morning of July 20, 2019. Coleman, who lived on the 2100 block of Chippewa in South St. Louis, was discovered after a welfare check just before 11:00 a.m. He had sustained a single gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say Coleman had been inside the unit with a group of teenagers when the shooting occurred; neighbors thought the apartment was vacant. St. Louis County detectives opened a homicide investigation and subsequently identified a juvenile boy—an acquaintance of Coleman—as a person of interest. Reports from the immediate aftermath stated no arrests had been made.

If anyone who knew Ien or who was at Riverview Park Place that weekend has information that could help investigators, please come forward.