On June 11, 2022, Dantez T. Ford, a 21-year-old African American man from East St. Louis, Illinois, was found dead in Cahokia Heights. Officers responding to a welfare check in the 4100 block of Brady Avenue discovered Ford inside a vehicle in the driveway with a fatal gunshot wound. A second victim, 24-year-old Sean A. Johnson of Swansea, Illinois, was found inside the residence and also died of gunshot wounds.

The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis was activated to investigate the double homicide. The investigation led to the arrest of 32-year-old Kevin B. Lipsey, who was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and held on $2,000,000 bond. Reports say the jury later found Lipsey guilty of both counts and the conviction exposed the case as a single event in which two people were killed. Few details about motive or the circumstances leading up to the shootings have been disclosed.

If anyone knew Dantez Ford or saw activity in the 4100 block of Brady Avenue around June 11, 2022, please share what you know.