In the early morning hours of December 22, 2017, three young Black women were killed in a violent home invasion in the Fairgrounds neighborhood of North St. Louis. Among them was 24-year-old Dominique Lewis, an aspiring English teacher who was working her way through college and was weeks shy of her twenty-fifth birthday. She had been at a residence in the 4200 block of John Avenue with close friends Reeba Moore, 25, and Chanice White, 24, when intruders forced their way into the house around 3:00 a.m.

Dominique and the two friends ran to a blue Buick LeSabre parked outside and attempted to flee, but gunmen opened fire on the vehicle with weapons of different calibers. All three women were struck and died at the scene; a male occupant who had been with them escaped on foot and was unharmed. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings and described the suspects as two men in dark clothing who fled the scene.

As of late 2024 no arrests had been announced and no one had been publicly charged in the triple homicide. Anyone with information about Dominique, the attack on John Avenue, or the two men seen fleeing is asked to come forward. What can readers add that might help bring these killers to justice?