Patrick Hunter Jr. was 23 when he was shot in St. Louis on January 12, 2016, and died of his wounds the next day, January 13. Known to family and friends as Pooman, he left behind a young son.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police investigators linked the firearm used in Patrick’s killing by ballistics to several other heroin-related homicides in the area, suggesting the weapon had been used in multiple deadly events. By August 2016 a grand jury returned an indictment charging several people in connection with four separate shootings from that period. Among those indicted was 21-year-old Marcus Tyrone Jackson, who faced a first-degree murder charge for Patrick’s January 12 shooting; other defendants named in the indictment included Marquise Henderson with charges tied to different murders.

The case remains an example of overlapping gun violence tied to a small number of weapons in the city. If anyone knew Patrick, his movements that day, or has information about the shootings, please come forward.