In the early morning hours of a Sunday in March 2017, a vehicle stopped in the roadway in the 5300 block of State Street in East St. Louis was found containing multiple victims. Inside the car police discovered 18-year-old Nathaniel Shuryn and 20-year-old Maurice L. Cotton, both shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Two other males, a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old, were also shot in the vehicle and were expected to survive. A 19-year-old female occupant was not harmed.

The Illinois State Police assisted the East St. Louis Police Department in the double homicide investigation. Authorities did not release a motive or identify any suspects at the time. No arrests had been publicly announced and the case went cold, leaving the families without answers.

If anyone has information about what happened on State Street that night or knew Nathaniel or Maurice, please come forward to help bring answers.