Michael Shearer, 36, was found fatally shot in the street on a Tuesday night in January 2018 in the 4000 block of Shreve Avenue in the Penrose neighborhood of St. Louis. Police responded after a ShotSpotter notification and discovered Shearer with a gunshot wound to his chest; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Homicide detectives were called to investigate, but the initial reports gave no motive and did not identify any suspects.

No public update about arrests, identified suspects, or the investigation’s progress has been reported since the killing, and the case remains unsolved with key questions about what led to Shearer’s death unanswered. If anyone has information about what happened on Shreve Avenue that night or remembers seeing anything in the area, please share what is known with investigators.