Michael A. Lee was an 18-year-old African American male who was shot to death on June 24, 2017, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds that proved fatal. The shooting happened in a neighborhood described as having high crime rates.

Local police opened an intensive investigation and identified several suspects, but investigators struggled to develop the concrete evidence needed for arrests or convictions. A lack of witnesses willing to come forward, reportedly because of fear of retaliation, hindered the inquiry. Michael’s family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, alleging negligence in maintaining public safety.

If anyone has information about Michael Lee’s death or recalls events in that East St. Louis neighborhood around June 24, 2017, please come forward.