On the night of July 9, 2017, 20-year-old Shamarcus McCullough was shot while traveling eastbound on Interstate 44 near the Big Bend Boulevard exit in Webster Groves, Missouri. Around 10:14 p.m. a second vehicle driving along the same stretch of highway opened fire on McCullough’s car. His vehicle was struck multiple times, ran off the roadway and came to rest in a wooded area. McCullough was found with critical gunshot wounds, taken to a local hospital and later died.

Two other people were in McCullough’s car. One passenger suffered gunshot wounds and survived; the third occupant sustained non-gunshot injuries likely from the crash. The Webster Groves Police Department asked the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis to lead the homicide probe and appealed to the public for information about the second vehicle.

If anyone has information about the vehicle involved that night or the people responsible, please share what is known.