Cedric Bennett, 27, was killed in a drive-by shooting on the evening of October 29, 2018, during a vigil near 20th and St. Charles Streets in downtown St. Louis. The vigil had been held to mourn Demetrise Thomas, who had been killed the day before. A dark-colored SUV pulled up to the gathering and multiple gunshots were fired into the crowd. Bennett was among four people struck; he was fatally wounded and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Three others were injured.

The Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation into Bennett’s murder. Authorities released surveillance footage of a man and a woman wanted in connection with Thomas’s killing, but officials have not established a link between those individuals and the shooting at the vigil. No arrests have been announced in Bennett’s killing. If anyone was at the vigil or has information about the SUV or the shooters, please come forward.