On the evening of June 1, 2017, in the Walnut Park East neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, three adults were ambushed and killed while seated in a parked vehicle near Lillian Avenue and Oriole Avenue. Derrick Irving, 27, was in the car with 24-year-old Jessica Garth and 37-year-old Julian Hayes, plus Irving and Garth’s two young daughters, ages 7 and 5.

A man later identified as Jerome Leon Buress Jr. approached the vehicle and opened fire. Irving and Garth were struck and killed in front of their children. Hayes tried to flee the scene but was fatally shot while attempting to escape. The 7-year-old daughter, Deniya Irving, was shot in the head, survived the initial attack, and was left in critical condition with permanent brain damage. The younger daughter was physically unharmed but witnessed her parents’ deaths.

Investigators identified and arrested Jerome Leon Buress Jr., 28, as the primary suspect and charged him in connection with the killings. The attack was described as targeted and execution-style; no widely publicized motive had been released. Can anyone who knew the victims or was in Walnut Park East that night share information that could help clarify why they were targeted?