Damani Rookie Aitch was 17 when he was killed in St. Louis on December 5, 2016. A car carrying three teens was driving north on Riverview Boulevard near Northwest Middle School late at night when another vehicle came up from behind and opened fire. Aitch was struck and died at the scene.

A second teen, described as a 16-year-old boy, was shot in the hand and suffered facial lacerations; he was treated at a hospital and listed in stable condition. St. Louis Regional Crime Stoppers circulated a homicide flyer seeking information and the investigation was publicly presented as an active effort to identify whoever fired the shots. No arrest or publicly credited suspect was announced in the materials promoting the case.