DeMontae Young was 16 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 24, 2015, in St. Louis’s Patch neighborhood. The shooting took place in the 7600 block of South Broadway; Young suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, torso, back, leg, and buttocks and died despite emergency response.

Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation, but initial reports say no suspects were in custody and the circumstances that led to the shooting were not immediately clear. The community was left mourning a teenager whose life ended in a violent encounter on a summer night.

If anyone has information about what happened on South Broadway that morning or knew DeMontae, contact investigators with details.