On January 29, 2018, 27-year-old African American man Ollie Coleman was killed in a violent double shooting outside the ShiSha Restaurant and Lounge at 4229 Manchester Avenue in the Grove neighborhood of St. Louis. Officers who responded shortly after 1:00 a.m. found Coleman dead of multiple gunshot wounds. A 31-year-old woman was also struck in the leg and taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.

Homicide detectives relied on surveillance footage from the establishment. The video shows a maroon Chrysler 300 with tinted windows, chrome wheels and a missing front license plate arriving, and four African American men leaving the car and entering the lounge. Descriptions released from the footage include one man in a black jogging suit with white logos; one in camouflage pants and a hoodie with a stuffed-bear graphic, with dreadlocks and a hand tattoo; one in an Adidas jacket and stocking cap; and one with dreadlocks wearing a Nike Air hoodie and carrying a messenger bag.

Authorities later charged a suspect in connection with Coleman’s murder, but that defendant was acquitted by a St. Louis jury in October 2021, and no one has been criminally convicted for Coleman’s death. Did anyone in the Grove that night see the Chrysler 300 or the men captured on video?