On the evening of July 4, 2014, an Independence Day gathering on the 4700 block of Hammett Place in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis ended in gunfire. Edward Cohee, 29, and his identical twin brother Edwin were celebrating with friends when an argument with a childhood friend, Derek Dean (known as Man), escalated. Dean produced a firearm and shot Edwin in the chest; as Edwin retreated, Dean shot Edward multiple times in the upper body. Both brothers were taken to a nearby hospital; Edwin survived but Edward died the following day, July 5, 2014, leaving two young daughters.

Dean fled the scene and was later charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and armed criminal action. He evaded capture for years and was a fugitive featured on a national true crime program in February 2019. He was eventually arrested and booked into the St. Louis City Justice Center to await trial, but he was found unresponsive in his cell in March 2025 and later pronounced dead from a reported medical emergency, so no conviction was reached. If anyone knew Edward, Edwin, or was at that gathering, please share what you remember.