On the morning of January 24, 2019, 24-year-old St. Louis police officer Katlyn Alix was fatally shot in the chest at the apartment of a fellow officer, 29-year-old Nathaniel Hendren. Alix was off-duty and Hendren and his partner were on duty but away from their patrol area when the shooting occurred.

Alix then took the gun and fired it at Hendren without discharge. Hendren reclaimed the weapon, pointed it at Alix and pulled the trigger; this time the gun fired and Alix was struck. Hendren and his partner transported her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Hendren was arrested and charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. He pleaded guilty in February 2020 and received concurrent sentences, and Alix’s mother later filed a wrongful death lawsuit that was partly dismissed; that civil matter reached a settlement in March 2024. Who knew Katlyn or was familiar with her work or time off-duty in St. Louis?