Darnell C. Steward, a 32-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on July 16, 2019, around 9:30 p.m. outside Haymore’s Liquor Store on N. 15th Street in East Saint Louis, Illinois. He was taken in a private vehicle to a hospital in St. Louis, where he died shortly after arrival.

Witnesses said a man left the scene in a white SUV whose rear window had been shattered during the shooting. Two other men were seen near the victim and the SUV’s driver at the time. The East St. Louis Police Department, assisted by the Illinois State Police, opened an investigation and asked the public for help identifying and locating those individuals.

No arrests have been reported and the suspects’ identities remain unknown. If anyone has information about the shooting or the people seen near Haymore’s Liquor Store that evening, please come forward to assist the investigation.