On August 14, 2016, a shooting just after midnight in the 5000 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in north St. Louis left 39-year-old Michael Mason dead. Emergency responders pronounced Mason deceased at the scene from gunshot wounds sustained during the altercation. The shooting was one of several separate violent incidents in the city that night.

Police processed the scene and interviewed witnesses while quickly identifying a person of interest. A 36-year-old man was taken into custody; investigators described a domestic motive, saying the suspect was the ex-boyfriend of Mason’s current girlfriend.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or knew Michael Mason’s movements that night, please share what was seen or heard.