Jermaine West-Jones was 26 when he was shot and killed on September 11, 2017, in the 5700 block of Saloma Avenue in Saint Louis, Missouri. He died at the scene despite efforts to save him.

The Berkeley Police Department, assisted by the St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons Bureau, investigated the killing but have not identified a suspect or established a motive. No arrests have been announced and the case grew cold. West-Jones is remembered by family and friends as kind and outgoing; he is survived by his mother, father, fiancée, and young son.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the identity of the man who approached the group is asked to come forward.