Erik Jermaine Ervin, a 35-year-old Black man, was shot to death on February 3, 2018, in Pine Lawn, Missouri. Officers found him with fatal gunshot wounds in a parking lot on the 4500 block of Jennings Station Road; family remembered him as loving, protective and a devoted man of God.

Detectives identified a suspect within a little over a week. On February 11, 2018, police arrested 35-year-old Devin Hunt; the next day prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and he was held without bond.

An Alford plea was entered in St. Louis County Circuit Court, with the defendant acknowledging the prosecution’s evidence could likely secure a conviction while not admitting guilt; reports said Hunt received a sentence of time served. Does anyone have information about Erik, the location, or witnesses from that February night?