On the evening of Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 22-year-old Darius Lamarr Hunt was shot while walking home in the North St. Louis neighborhood of The Ville. The shooting happened around 9:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of Aldine Avenue near Billups Avenue after an unknown assailant approached Hunt and an acquaintance and opened fire. Hunt sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and the other man was shot in the leg. Both were taken to a local hospital; despite hours of surgery Hunt died the next day, May 2, 2018, while the other victim survived and was listed in serious but stable condition.

Hunt, a Missouri resident and the youngest of three sons, worked with his father, Roger Hunt, as a camera operator, producer, and director for the family media production projects, including the show Straight Talk with Roger Hunt Unscripted. Investigators did not believe Hunt was the intended target, and his father described the killing as a tragic case of mistaken identity. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about that night on Aldine Avenue or knew Darius, please share what you know.