On the early morning of July 4, 2017, Harry Lee Atkins, 34, was found unconscious and later pronounced dead around 1:30 a.m. in the 3500 block of Penrose Street in the O’Fallon neighborhood of St. Louis. First responders found him near a vehicle suffering fatal trauma; initial reports described a puncture wound to the back of his head, while later homicide records classified the incident as a shooting with a wound to the chest.

Atkins was a father and was known to family and friends by nicknames including 1 Bean and Loc-B. He was one of several people killed during a surge of violence over the Independence Day holiday that year. Detectives searched the area for evidence, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains an unsolved homicide.

If anyone knew Harry, was in that neighborhood that night, or has information about what happened, please come forward.