On the afternoon of November 24, 2018, Gerrian Jerrod Green Jr., 16, was shot and killed during an argument with his friend Korrie Black in the 5800 block of Bermuda Drive in Normandy, Missouri. The dispute involved a firearm that Black had reportedly borrowed from Green and escalated outside the home near an elementary school. Police found Green suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s young sister witnessed the shooting.

Authorities identified Black as the primary suspect; he fled in a white Pontiac Grand Prix but was later arrested. At trial in St. Louis County, Black testified that he acted in self-defense, saying Green was close enough to grab the weapon. Green’s sister contradicted that account in court, reenacting the distance between them and undermining the self-defense claim. A jury convicted Black of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in September 2023, and he was sentenced in November 2023 to 24 years in prison.

Does anyone have further information about Gerrian’s life or the neighborhood where this happened?