On June 25, 2017, Michael Hurt, 28, was shot and killed at a family gathering on the 4700 block of Beacon Avenue in the Walnut Park neighborhood of St. Louis. Hurt sustained a fatal chest wound and died after being transported to a hospital. Another person at the gathering was hit in the leg and survived.

An investigation led to charges more than a year later. In September 2018 the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Anthony Thompson, then 16, as an adult with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action; a judge set his cash-only bond at $500,000 while his attorney argued against transfer to adult court citing an intellectual disability.

If anyone at the gathering or nearby that night has information about what happened, please come forward.