On April 4, 2015, at about 6:15 a.m. on the 5200 block of Jamieson Avenue in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood, 27-year-old Darryl T. Simms of East St. Louis, Illinois, was shot multiple times in the chest, back, and side after a confrontation at an apartment building. Simms was with three other men when gunfire erupted from an apartment; Simms was taken to a local hospital, underwent surgery, and died of his wounds.

Two of the men with Simms were also wounded — a 25-year-old shot in the upper torso and listed in critical but stable condition, and a 24-year-old with wounds to his arm and side in serious but stable condition. One companion fled the scene unharmed. Court documents say the group had entered the building and were going up the stairs toward the shooter’s unit, and that at least one of the men knew the shooter; one victim reportedly called out the shooter’s name before the gunfire continued.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Anthony Altick, then 27, with first-degree murder for Simms’s death and with multiple counts of assault and armed criminal action for the other victims. Altick was held on a $750,000 cash-only bond. Does anyone have information about the parties involved or the events that morning?