On the afternoon of April 29, 2015, 22-year-old Curtis Crawford was standing outside a barbershop in the 4700 block of Natural Bridge Avenue in North St. Louis when someone opened fire. Officers nearby heard the shots about 2:30 p.m., found Crawford with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, and he later died of those wounds.

Police identified 28-year-old Andre Mitchell as the suspect after a patrol officer spotted a man running and chased him down in the 4700 block of Sacramento Avenue. Officers recovered a 9mm handgun and a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol during the arrest. Investigators say Mitchell targeted Crawford in retaliation for the death of Mitchell’s friend, Brandon Vance, whom Mitchell believed Crawford had caused; Mitchell had reportedly seen Crawford at Vance’s funeral and then again the next day before the shooting.

Mitchell was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm. In November 2016 he pleaded guilty to reduced charges including second-degree murder and armed criminal action and received a life sentence with the possibility of parole to run concurrently with other terms.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see Crawford that afternoon or notice anything unusual near the barbershop before the shooting?