On a Tuesday morning in October 2017 a city worker found 52-year-old Vincent Patterson dead in an alley behind the 4200 block of Holly Avenue in St. Louis. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was notified at about 8:10 a.m. and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators examined whether a report of shots fired on a nearby block around 6:45 a.m. was connected to Patterson’s death, but the case was described as being in its early stages at the time. No public reports have identified suspects, persons of interest, arrests, charges, or any subsequent resolution.

If anyone knew Vincent Patterson or has information about what happened on Holly Avenue that morning, please come forward to assist the investigation.